Story of movie Seizure Film : Seizure is a 1974 Canadian-American black-comedy/horror-thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
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| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
| Produced by | Garrard Glenn |
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| Music by | Lee Gagnon |
| Cinematography | Roger Racine |
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Production company | Astral Bellevue Pathé Cine Films Inc. Cinerama Productions Corp. Euro-American Pictures Intercontinental Leisure Industries Ltd. Queen of Evil Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation American International Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
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).
- 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
- Richard Cox as Gerald
- Henry Judd Baker as Jackal
- Alexis Kirk as Arris
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.
The film had a very limited release theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation, playing on New York's 42nd street in 1974.
The film was released on VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment. A transfer to Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014 by Scorpion Releasing.
- List of American films of 1974
