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| Seizure | |
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| 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 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
- Jonathan Frid
- Martine Beswick
- Hervé Villechaize
- Troy Donahue
- Christina Pickles
- Alexis Kirk
- Mary Woronov
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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