The Outing (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Outing


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director = Tom Daley
producer = Warren Chaney
writer = Warren Chaney
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starring = Deborah Winters
James Huston
Andra St. Ivanyi
Scott Bankston
Red Mitchell
music = Bruce Miller
Joel Rosenbaum
cinematography = Herbert Raditschnig
editing = Claudio M. Cutry
distributor = Moviestore Entertainment
released = October, 1987
runtime = 87 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0091707

"The Outing" (also released as "The Lamp") is a 1987 horror film. The film was directed by Tom Daley, and stars Deborah Winters and James Huston.

Plot

The plot concerns several local teenagers who decide to spend the night in a museum. During this, an evil genie, or djinn, is released. The spirit possesses the body of the museum curator's daughter and hunts down the teenagers, who have now split up for various reasons. Other people are caught up in the murderous escapades as well.

Reviews

Richard Harrington of the "Washington Post" said it was "stupid and senseless, and the special effects look as if they were shot on a family's weekly shopping budget." [cite news |title=‘The Outing’ (R) |author=Richard Harrington |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/theoutingrharrington_a0aa65.htm |publisher="Washington Post" |date=1987-09-05 |accessdate=2008-03-15 ] The "Boston Globe" called it "a hokey loser". [cite news |title='THE OUTING' IS A HOKEY LOSER |author=Michael Blowen |publisher="Boston Globe" |date=1987-12-05 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEE2C24D530DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=2008-03-15]

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