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1974 Canada / U.S.A. film
Seizure
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOliver Stone
Written byOliver Stone
Edward Mann
Produced byGarrard Glenn
StarringJonathan Frid
Martine Beswick
Hervé Villechaize
CinematographyRoger Racine
Edited byNobuko Oganesoff
Oliver Stone
Music byLee Gagnon
Release date1974
Running time98 min.
CountryCanada / U.S.A.
LanguageEnglish

Seizure is a 1974 surreal 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, led by Martine Beswick as the Queen of Evil, and Hervé Villechaize as Spider.

Cast

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

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