Seizure (film)
| Seizure | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
| Written by | Oliver Stone Edward Mann |
| Produced by | Garrard Glenn |
| Starring | Jonathan Frid Martine Beswick Hervé Villechaize |
| Cinematography | Roger Racine |
| Edited by | Nobuko Oganesoff Oliver Stone |
| Music by | Lee Gagnon |
Release date | 1974 |
Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Canada / U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Seizure is a 1974 horror-thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Plot
Horror writer Edmund Blackstone (Jonathan Frid) sees his recurring nightmare come to chilling life one weekend as one by one, his friends and family are killed by three villains: the Queen of Evil (Martine Beswick), a dwarf named Spider (Hervé Villechaize), and a giant scar-faced strongman called Jackal (Henry Judd Baker).
Cast
- Jonathan Frid as Edmund Blackstone
- Martine Beswick as Queen of Evil
- Joseph Sirola as Charlie
- Hervé Villechaize as Spider
- Christina Pickles as Nicole Blackstone
- Troy Donahue as Mark Frost
- Mary Woronov as Mikki Hughes
- Henry Judd Baker as Jackal
- Alexis Kirk as Arris
Production
Star Mary Woronov would later claim that one of the film's producers was gangster Michael Thevis, who partially bankrolled the film in an attempt to launder money, as he was under investigation by the FBI.
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation.
The film was released on VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment. A DVD and Blu-Ray release for the film is scheduled for release from Scorpion Releasing on September 9, 2014.[1]
Reference
- ^ Per Scorpion Releasing's Facebook page.
External links
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