Seizure (1974)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers:

Edward Mann (writer)
Oliver Stone (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

She deals in death

Plot:

Jonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Nightmare | Writer | Country | Reference To John D. Rockefeller

Cast

Jonathan Frid	...	Edmund Blackstone
Martine Beswick	...	Queen of Evil
Joseph Sirola	...	Charlie Hughes
Christina Pickles	...	Nicole Blackstone
Hervé Villechaize	...	Spider, the dwarf
Anne Meacham	...	Eunice Kahn
Roger De Koven	...	Serge Kahn
Troy Donahue	...	Mark Frost
Mary Woronov	...	Mikki Hughes
Richard Cox	...	Gerald
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Judd Baker	...	Jackal, the giant (as Henry Baker)
Lucy Bingham	...	Betsy, the maid
Alexis Kirk	...	Arris
Mike Meola	...	Gas Station Attendant
Timothy Ousey	...	Jason Blackstone
Timothy Rowse	...	Milkman

Also Known As:

Queen of Evil
Tango macabre (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

UK:98 min | USA:94 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Company:

Astral Bellevue Pathé

Quotes:

Gas Station Attendant: I can't take credit cards.
Charlie Hughes: Why?
Gas Station Attendant: They had it counted for the investigation.
Charlie Hughes: Listen idiot, this is a VIP card.
Gas Station Attendant: Look Jack,
Charlie Hughes: No Charles Hughes, not Jack, did I say my name was Jack?
Gas Station Attendant: Jack, I don't think you would like being called an idiot.
Charlie Hughes: Wait a minute, wait a minute, my name is not Jack. It's Charles Hughes!
Gas Station Attendant: I don't care if your named was Rockefeller, nine dollars and twenty three cents.
Charlie Hughes: No not Rockefeller, Hughes, Charles Hughes, do you know what that means? You see that sign up there? I own two percent of that sign. That sign licenses you to sell gasoline. On Monday morning, that sign no longer licenses you to sell gasoline, because I own two percent of that sign...
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

A great debut, not a laughable debut

I don't think any of the people who have commented on this film have seen it. I have the pleasure of buying the original video for this film at $5 (Amazon sell its for a laughable $20), and I wasn't disappointed.

Oliver Stone, the legend, the man, Vietnam Viet, makes his directing debut with this great horror flick about a writer (Jonathan Frid from Dark Shadows), who keeps having his nightmares that he is about to die, along with the rest of his family. This is a great flick, lots of suspense, some gore, and a twist at the end.

I have no doubt this flick inspired movies like "Nightmare On Elm Street" with it's emphasis on evil, illusions and nightmares that come to life.

Very hard to find, but it's well worth.

Oliver Stone can do it all.