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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 This is a weird, uneven, generally intriguing thriller about a young man whose fantasy life is totally controlled by images from movies. Rated: 3/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Alan Jones Starburst Contrived to an embarrassing degree which doesn't help the very ragged plotting one bit. Jul 28, 2022 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Interesting premise and execution with various Hollywood icons depicted. Rated: 3/5 Feb 23, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 3, 2005 Full Review Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Rated: 2/5 Dec 10, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 2/5 Feb 27, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nick O 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! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/03/25 Full Review Albert R 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. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/23 Full Review Ricardo d 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. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/29/23 Full Review Steve D More laughable than scary. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Understated tale of devolvement into psychosis Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review marco b Dennis Christopher stars a shy boy in Hollywood who goes on a killing spree inspired by his favourite films. Though over-acted and not that original, Australian actress Linda Kerridge is excellent as the Marilyn Munroe lookalike. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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