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The New Kids

The New Kids

The kids learned three things about southern hospitality, blood, sweat and terror.

19856.31h 26m

Overview

A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Written by Stephen Gyllenhaal, Brian Taggert
Produced by Sean S. Cunningham, Andrew Fogelson
Box OfficeBudget: $199K0

Top Cast

Lori Loughlin

Lori Loughlin

Abby MacWilliams

Jean De Baer

Jean De Baer

Mary Beth MacWilliams

James Spader

James Spader

Eddie Dutra

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Paige Price

Karen Goodsell

John Philbin

John Philbin

Gideon Walters

Vince Grant

Vince Grant

JoeBob

Margaret Welsh

Margaret Welsh

Friend

Brian Wimmer

Brian Wimmer

Student

Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones

Charlie MacWilliams

Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz

Mark Warfield

Themes & Keywords

high schoolstreet gangbullyingbullydecapitationredneckgangattempted rapeamusement parkschool dance

About The New Kids

The New Kids is a drama, crime, horror film released in 1985 exploring themes of high school, street gang, bullying, bully, decapitation, redneck. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, it stars Lori Loughlin, Jean De Baer, James Spader. A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

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