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Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (2022): Cast

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Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story is a 2022 crime documentary directed by Jessica Dimmock, starring Corin Nemec and Todd Eric Andrews. It runs 2 hours 18 minutes.

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Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (2022) movie poster
Runtime
2h 18m (138 min)
Director
Jessica Dimmock
Genres
Documentary , Crime
Original language
English
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story About?

The premise of Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story without spoilers.

After Steven Stayner’s return home, the true ordeal began. In 1972, the seven‑year‑old vanished from Merced, California, sparking a decades‑long search that eventually revealed his family had been looking for the wrong boy. Fifty years later, his children uncover new clues about their father’s enigmatic past.

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story Themes & Keywords

· 27 tags
  • kidnapped boy
  • child kidnapping
  • tv mini series
  • crime documentary
  • brother
  • kidnapping
  • murder
  • captivity
  • abuse
  • family relationships
  • year 1972
  • interview
+15 more
  • childhood photo
  • family photograph
  • little boy
  • 7 year old
  • rescue
  • rescuing a kidnapped victim
  • merced california
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • yosemite national park
  • murderer
  • serial killer
  • california
  • sexual abuse
  • trauma
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Cast & crew

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story Cast

Corin Nemec leads the cast, with Todd Eric Andrews. Directed by Jessica Dimmock.

From the director

More from Jessica Dimmock

More films directed by Jessica Dimmock, best-rated first: Maternal Instinct and Thoughts & Prayers.

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Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story Also Known As

12 alternative titles, including “Audiência Cativa: O Crime que parou a América” and “光と闇の兄弟~スティーブン・ステイナー誘拐事件”.

Also known as
  • Audiência Cativa: O Crime que parou a América
  • 光と闇の兄弟~スティーブン・ステイナー誘拐事件
  • 分歧人生
  • Entführt: Der Fall Stayner
  • Rabul ejtett közönség
  • Prigionieri invisibili - Il caso Stayner
  • 납치보다 더 무서운 이야기: 스티븐 스테이너 사건 그 후
  • Cautivando a la audiencia: Una historia de terror
  • שובו של סטיבן: סיפור אימה אמריקאי אמיתי
  • Пленённая аудитория
  • Z zapartym tchem
  • 分歧人生 - 美國恐怖真人真事

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Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story?

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story runs 2 hours 18 minutes (138 minutes).

Who directed Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story?

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story was directed by Jessica Dimmock.

More films by Jessica Dimmock

Who is in the cast of Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story?

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story stars Corin Nemec and Todd Eric Andrews.

Does Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story have a post-credit scene?

No. Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story has no extra scene during or after the credits.

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