Seizure (film)

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Seizure

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Oliver Stone
Produced by Garrard Glenn
Written by Oliver Stone
Edward Mann
Starring Jonathan Frid
Martine Beswick
Hervé Villechaize
Music by Lee Gagnon
Cinematography Roger Racine
Editing by Nobuko Oganesoff
Oliver Stone
Release date(s) 1974
Running time 98 min.
Country Canada / U.S.A.
Language English

Seizure is a 1974 surreal horror-thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

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[edit] 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, led by Martine Beswick as the Queen of Evil, and Hervé Villechaize as Spider.

[edit] Cast

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. As of 2011, it has never been officially released on DVD.

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