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Spurned by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Linda Kerridge), a film buff (Dennis Christopher) becomes a killer costumed as classic screen characters.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
3/4
This is a weird, uneven, generally intriguing thriller about a young man whose fantasy life is totally controlled by images from movies. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Starburst 07/28/2022
Contrived to an embarrassing degree which doesn't help the very ragged plotting one bit. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com 02/23/2008
3/5
Interesting premise and execution with various Hollywood icons depicted. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/03/2005
2/5
Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly 12/10/2004
2/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 02/27/2004
2/5
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TheDirk Aug 28 Not a bad Thriller, but one that was seriously miscast. Perhaps another lead actor would have made FTB more interesting, but Christopher Dennis provides more unintentional laughs with his bad imitations and voices than threats. See more Nick O Jun 3 A movie obsessed kid starts living out his cinematic fantasies as he gets revenge on the people who try to keep him down. It could really happen to any of us film geeks! See more Albert R @AlRuggs 07/22/2023 One of the most underrated horror movies of the 80's. If you love movies in general, I think you're going to like this film. Dennis Christopher's performance is fantastic. A remake in this day and age could be very well done depending on what properties they would choose to use. Definitely give it a shot. See more Ricardo d 03/29/2023 A idéia até pode ser considerada como um start para futuramente os filmes Pânico, mas a qualidade do filme não me agradou. O que tem de bom é a atuação de Dennis, mas todo o resto é muito farsesco. See more Steve D 03/13/2023 More laughable than scary. See more 10/12/2021 Understated tale of devolvement into psychosis See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Spurned by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Linda Kerridge), a film buff (Dennis Christopher) becomes a killer costumed as classic screen characters.
Director
Vernon Zimmerman
Producer
George G. Braunstein, Ron Hamady
Screenwriter
Vernon Zimmerman
Production Co
Leisure Investment Company, Movie Ventures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 42m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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