| Tainted | |
| Director: | Orestes Matacena |
| Producer: | Orestes Matacena Phyllis Redden |
| Starring: | Shari Shattuck Park Overall Gene Tootle |
| Music: | Hayden Wayne |
| Cinematography: | Ramón F. Suárez |
| Editing: | Stephen Sheppard |
| Studio: | Cardinal Pictures International |
| Distributor: | Gloria Video South Gate Entertainment |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Tainted is a 1987 American film written and directed by Orestes Matacena and starring Shari Shattuck.[1] The film is a low-budget suspense drama about Cathy (Shattuck) a young school teacher married to the owner of a crematorium. It is centered on Cathy's attempt to cover-up the murder of an intruder who attempted to rape her. The cover up of the rape is due to the man that raped her being her ex-husband in the film.