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R“His obsession was to create the ultimate horror story… his curse was to live it.”
1980·90 min·Released
Studio: Canadian Film Development Corporation, Horror Picture Films
5.2TMDb
5.6IMDb
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Theatrical Jan 1, 1980Physical Feb 1, 1984
Overview
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.
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Crew
DirectorMario Azzopardi
WriterRichard Oleksiak, Mario Azzopardi
Cast
Stephen Young
Steven Lessey
Sharon Masters
Elizabeth Lessey
Marvin Goldhar
Burt Horowitz
Jeannie Elias
Darlene Winters
Cindy Hinds
Sharon Lessey
Phillip Leonard
Philip Lessey
Tod Woodcroft
David Lessey
Bev Marsh
Martha Lessey
Carole Pope
Herself
Kevan Staples
Punk Rock Band Member
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Moderator
Philip Akin
Student #1
Bill Yak
Student #2
Louis Negin
Older Man
James Kidnie
Younger Man
Henry Less
Film director
Peter Manierka
Bearded Monk
Walker Boone
Newscaster
William Osler
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Jimmy Loftus
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Keywords
screenwriterpregnancydrug addictiontoronto, canadaburned alivedecapitationwriterbathtubfilmmakingnovelisthorror filmmakinggiving birthmarital discordcanuxploitationfilm within a filmdeath by hangingdeath of a child
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