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Release Date:
13 September 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
The night the power failed.... and the shock began!Plot:
A black comedy of violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout. | add synopsisUser Comments:
A rarity from the early days of British home video moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | James Mitchum | ... | Dan Evans |
 | Robert Carradine | ... | Christie |
| Belinda Montgomery | ... | Annie Gallo |
 | June Allyson | ... | Mrs. Grant |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... | Henri |
 | Ray Milland | ... | Richard Stafford |
| Don Granberry | ... | Chico |
| Terry Haig | ... | Eddy |
| Victor B. Tyler | ... | Marcus |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Camille Ange | ||
| Maurice Attias | ||
| David Bairstow | ||
| Thor Bishopric | ||
| David Bloom | ||
| Fred Doederlein | ... | Mr. Grant |
| Norris Domingue | ||
| Anna Dorland | ||
| Claudie Duckworth | ||
| George Fonseca | ||
| Sonny Forbes | (as Sony Forbes) | |
| Henry Gamer | ||
| Alexander Godfrey | ||
| Dick Grant | ||
| Arthur Grosser | ||
| Marek Lehman | ||
| Jimmy Loftus | ||
| Judy London | ||
| Peter MacNeill | ||
| Doris Malcolm | ||
| Louis Negin | ||
| Malcolm Nelthorpe | ||
| Allan Neumann | ||
| Candace O'Connor | ||
| Jarvis Oree | ||
| Arleigh Peterson | ||
| Mary Pinatel | ||
| Marguerite Sidhom | ||
| Norman Taviss | ||
| Gwen Tolbart | ||
 | Vlasta Vrana | ||
| Jim Walton | ||
| Len Watt | ||
| John Wildman | ||
| Bill Zaget | ||
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Also Known As:
Black-Out à New York (France)Et la terreur commence (France)
New York Blackout
New York Escapees (Australia) (video title)
New York ne répond plus (France)
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| If it's supposed to be a blackout ... | billysoffhismeds |
| Mitchum is a good action star | JoeHeidk |
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I'm surprised to find this one here, as it seems to have been forgotten by everyone! Released in the early eighties on the independent Merlin label with an eye-catching cover flash that read 'Warning - this film is about psychotic killers loose on the rampage' (notices of this kind were standard among video companies at the time), I remember watching this with my parents when I was about nine or ten and being scared witless. The plot is pretty thin - an apartment block and its residents (a strangely diverse mixture of rich and poor, including a millionaire who collects Picassos, a timid woman whose husband is on a life support system, the usual 'party people' etc) are terrorised by a gang of ruthless criminals during a power cut - but the film gets by on its raw energy and willingness to indulge in just the right amount of sleaze and nastiness to keep things ticking along. The grimy low-budget production values actually contribute to the film's unsettling atmosphere, and most of the cast do well, though it is sad to see an elderly Ray Milland reduced to a peripheral role. BLACKOUT has long been unavailable and is definitely overdue a re-release, it would make a nice double bill with the equally disturbing TENEMENT.