Seizure is a 1974 horror film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
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| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
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| Produced by | Garrard Glenn |
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| Cinematography | Roger Racine |
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| Music by | Lee Gagnon |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | CAD $250,000[1] |
Plot
editHorror 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).[2]
Cast
edit- Jonathan Frid as Edmund Blackstone
- Martine Beswick as Queen of Evil
- Joseph Sirola as Charlie
- Hervé Villechaize as Spider
- Anne Meacham as Eunice Kahn[3]
- Roger De Koven as Serge Kahn[3]
- 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
Production
editSeizure is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.[4][5] 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.[6]
Release
editThe film had a very limited release theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation,[7] playing on New York's 42nd street in 1974.[8]
The film was released on VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment.[9] A transfer to DVD and Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014, by Scorpion Releasing.[10][11][12][13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vatnsdal 2004, p. 82.
- ^ Kim Newman (18 April 2011). Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-1-4088-1750-6.
- ^ a b Seizure (1974) Cast. American Film Institute.
- ^ James Michael Welsh; Donald M. Whaley (2013). The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-8108-8352-9.
- ^ Oliver Stone (1 January 2001). Oliver Stone: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. VIII. ISBN 978-1-57806-303-1.
- ^ Nastasi, Alison. "Watch 'Seizure,' the Strange Horror Movie That Served As Oliver Stone's Directorial Debut". Lights, Camera, News. Movies.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ The Staff of Lone Eagle Publishing (2002). Film Directors. Lone Eagle Pub. p. 238. ISBN 9781580650434.
- ^ Lavington, Stephen (November 30, 2011). Virgin Film: Oliver Stone. Virgin Digital.
- ^ Video Watchdog. Tim & Donna Lucas. 1994. p. 32.
- ^ "'Seizure' Rides on Oliver Stone's Name". PopMatters. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Scorpion Releasing Prepping Oliver Stone's Seizure for Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Seizure Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Seizure: DVD". Amazon.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- Vatnsdal, Caelum (2004). They Came From Within : A History of Canadian Horror Cinema. Arbeiter Ring Publishing. ISBN 1-894037-21-9.