The Antowuk Horror
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Episode
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2 of season 2
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Director
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Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
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Writer
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Nicholas Corea
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Original airdate
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September 29, 1978
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Alias
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David Barton
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Location
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Utah
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Preceded by
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Followed by
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The Antowuk Horror is episode fourteen of the live-action TV series The Incredible Hulk. It originally aired on September 29, 1978 on CBS.
Synopsis[]
When a rampaging Hulk tears his way through a dying resort town, the residents of the community attempt to attract more media attention by staging the appearance of a fake creature. Unfortunately, the move also attracts a big game hunter interested in killing both monsters.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as David Banner
- Jack Colvin as Jack McGee
- Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
- William Lucking as Harlan Bates
- Debbie Lytton as Samantha Bates
- Lance LeGault as Brad
- Dennis Patrick as Buck Hendricks
- Myron Healey as Sheriff Chuck Colton
- Gwen Van Dam as Mayor Claire Murphy
- Bill Deiz as TV Reporter
Highlights[]
- Bixby demonstrates his usual charm as David becomes a mentor for a young girl
- Hulk-out 1: Accidentally dropping a C02 canister on his foot after being insulted and having a stack of barrels fall on him
- Hulk-out 2: Being pushed down a mountainside by a Bigfoot impersonator
Trivia[]
- The title is a play on the 1977 novel "The Amityville Horror"
- This is the first of 13 episodes written by Nicholas Corea (more than any other writer for the series); he also produced many episodes and directed three
- Actors Bill Lucking and Lance LeGault later played Col. Lynch and Col. Decker on The A-Team