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1980·Horror·1h 30m
7.0
A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
Directed by Mario Azzopardi
screenwriter
pregnancy
drug addiction
toronto, canada
burned alive
decapitation
writer
bathtub
filmmaking
novelist
horror filmmaking
giving birth
marital discord
canuxploitation
film within a film
death by hanging
death of a child

Cast

Stephen Young
Stephen Young
Steven Lessey
Jeannie Elias
Jeannie Elias
Darlene Winters
Cindy Hinds
Cindy Hinds
Sharon Lessey
Carole Pope
Carole Pope
Herself
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Moderator
Philip Akin
Philip Akin
Student #1
Bill Yak
Bill Yak
Student #2
Louis Negin
Louis Negin
Older Man
James Kidnie
James Kidnie
Younger Man
Caroline Yeager
Caroline Yeager
Nadya
Michael Copeman
Michael Copeman
Wino

Popular Reviews

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Grim
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if i were to summarize in one word: unearned

much like kubrick’s shining, i don’t think this kind of thing works if the guy just sucks from the get go

it has nothing to do with a deadline or industry, he’s just a shitty father, husband, and all around person
if i were to summarize in one word: unearned

much like kubrick’s shining, i don’t think this kind of thing works if the guy just sucks from the get go

it has nothing to do with a deadline or industry, he’s just a shitty father, husband, and all around person
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Louheist
Louheist
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jack from the shining but if he was more succsessful
jack from the shining but if he was more succsessful
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Oli Shillington
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Jesse Moynan
Jesse Moynan
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