Seizure

PG

Released Nov 15, 1974

1h 33m

Horror

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A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.

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Rob Gonsalves

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After a promising start, the film gets way pretentious and hard to sit through. For horror completists and die-hard Stone fans only.

Rated: B-

Aug 30, 2022

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a trainwreck that couldn't possibly be less indicative of Stone's subsequent career...

Rated: 1/4

Jan 22, 2020

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J.C. Maçek III

PopMatters

Stone does a fine job of keeping the mysteries of the story firmly in the realm of the unknown.

Rated: 6/10

Oct 9, 2014

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Stone would go on to become a filmmaking icon, but he had to start somewhere. After watching the clumsiness of Seizure, it's amazing he ever received a second shot at directing.

Rated: C

Sep 27, 2014

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Terrible. So bad it is sort of worth it though. Herve Villechaize terrorizes a party of well to do losers including the guy who played Barnabas Collins on 70's TV. Soundtrack has some moments crossing classic porn music and Throbbing Gristle.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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This movie is a little bit hard to describe. It's about a writer who is plagued by nightmares and during a supposed weekend get together at his lake house, three villains from his dream come to life. They wreak havoc on the writer's mind and the people staying for the weekend. There's a big twist at the end which I did like because it made some of what I saw make sense, but that didn't still answer some of the questions I still have. This may need a 2nd or 3rd viewing. What got me to finally get around to watching this was Oliver Stone. This was his very first movie and it shows. It's not his best by far, but it's nice to see where he started from and there were some interesting moments. The acting was good, but I think the casting of Herve Villechaize (who played on Fantasy Island) made this movie look more like a comedy then a horror movie. Seeing a little midget running around with a knife just isn't very threatening to me. Still there were some interesting moments and the ending was a nice twist.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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By far Stones least impressive effort.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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camille l

Premier film d'OLIVER STONE, film d'horreur psychedelique absolument introuvable, ce SEIZURE vaut pour la curiosite, est super flippant de kitschitude absolue et possede un ou deux bons acteurs qui font mouche. A voir pour la curiosite.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Oliver Stone's first film is an unlikely beginning to one of the most impressive filmmaking careers in history.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Oliver Stone's first film. It sucks. It was followed by 'The Hand' which also sucked. Only reason to watch this is if you are an Oliver Stone fan and wanted to see what he did before Platoon. But, even then, it's still not worth it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Oliver Stone

Director

Jonathan Frid

Edmund Blackstone

Martine Beswick

The Queen

Herve Villechaize

The Queen

Christina Pickles

Nicole Blackstone

Joseph Sirola

Charlie Hughes

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Synopsis

A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.

Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Harold Greenberg, Donald Johnston
Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, Edward Mann
Distributor: Cinerama Releasing Corporation [us]
Production Co: Astral Bellevue Pathe, Cine Films Inc., Cinerama Productions Corp.
Rating: PG
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 1974, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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