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The Stray (2016)
1966, United States of America: Kennedy is unable to prevent the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962, creating a nuclear winter throughout the country that seems to have no end. Our nations structure collapses, our nations defenses fall and our nations people suffer from severe radiation poisoning, mutating them into ghoulish, flesh eating monsters. Tracey Arnold, the man with no direction, struggling to accept his actions and live with himself, travels through this barren wasteland at a constant battle with his humanity, and the Stray that refuses to let him forget.
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1966, United States of America: Kennedy is unable to prevent the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962, creating a nuclear winter throughout the country that seems to have no end. Our nations structure collapses, our nations defenses fall and our nations people suffer from severe radiation poisoning, mutating them into ghoulish, flesh eating monsters. Tracey Arnold, the man with no direction, struggling to accept his actions and live with himself, travels through this barren wasteland at a constant battle with his humanity, and the Stray that refuses to let him forget.
Rating:NC-17
Genre:Thriller, Horror
Written By:Cam Clark, Michael Storch
In Theaters:3/5/2016
Box Office:
Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Open Sign Productions, FilmHub, Open Sign Entertainment
Cast
Cam Clark
Director
Joe Leatherman
Tracey Arnold
Mark S. Esch
Earl Grey
Matthew Finney
Landon Grey
Rachael Klopfenstein
Louise Grey
Richard Hackel
John Grey
Nathaniel E. Barr
Lee Grey
Cameron Carey
Jack Arnold
Ryan Woebbeking
John 'Hick' Krystal
Tony Schafer
Dominick 'Wop' Venelli
Kelron Mixon
Lawrence 'Dodger' Brown
Christian Nash
Amos 'Boot' McIntyre
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