Who would have thought that the harmless act of a lone man stopping in his car on a country road and offering a small child a lift in his car would result in such grief? Stacey Keach indulges in such unselfish behaviour, and finds himself held captive as the new 'Pa' of a very strange family of children. D'oh!
Stacey's a travelling photo-journalist and after driving down the most inhospitable road in existence, ends up at a house containing several kids, including a young (and angry!) John Savage. Yeah, he can be their new Pa alright, as long as they don't kill him first! Stacey's quick on the uptake, however, figuring out that 'Ma' probably shouldn't be frightened out of her wits or have an English accent, plus, the fact that John Savage parked Stacey's new car at the bottom of the creek is a major clue that something ain't right either.
But he can just walk out and escape, right? Well, apart from being locked up at night, the mute kid that's always sneaking about, and all them dogs trained to eat reluctant surrogate parents (oh, and all the traps) Stacey's having a bit of trouble calling all this off.
This film starts off great, but being a TV movie, it's severely hampered by
well, being a TV movie. So there's no gore, or nudity, and the ending kind of sucks. Nice premise though, and Stacey "You don't forget the taste of human flesh" Keach is always worth watching in anything, really.
Surely it's online somewhere for nothing.