Fade to Black

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Fade to Black

R

1980

1h 42m

Horror

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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

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Alan Jones

Starburst

Contrived to an embarrassing degree which doesn't help the very ragged plotting one bit.

Jul 28, 2022

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Interesting premise and execution with various Hollywood icons depicted.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 23, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Oct 3, 2005

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly

Rated: 2/5

Dec 10, 2004

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 2/5

Feb 27, 2004

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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

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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

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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

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Steve D

More laughable than scary.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/13/23

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Audience Member

Understated tale of devolvement into psychosis

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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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

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Vernon Zimmerman

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Dennis Christopher

Eric Binford

Linda Kerridge

Marilyn O'Connor

Tim Thomerson

Jerry Moriarty

Gwynne Gilford

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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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