Deadline (1980)

01/01/1980 (CA) • 1h 30m

Horror, Thriller, Drama

His obsession was to create the ultimate horror story… his curse was to live it.

Overview

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

Top Billed Cast

Stephen Young

Steven Lessey

Sharon Masters

Elizabeth Lessey

Marvin Goldhar

Burt Horowitz

Jeannie Elias

Darlene Winters

Cindy Hinds

Sharon Lessey

Phillip Leonard

Philip Lessey

Tod Woodcroft

David Lessey

Bev Marsh

Martha Lessey


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

screenwriter

pregnancy

drug addiction

toronto, canada

burned alive

decapitation

writer

bathtub

filmmaking

novelist

horror filmmaking

giving birth

marital discord

canuxploitation

film within a film

death by hanging

death of a child

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