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Deadline

Deadline
★ 5.0/10•1980•1h 30m•R•Horror•Thriller•Drama

His obsession was to create the ultimate horror story… his curse was to live it.

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

Richard Oleksiak · Screenplay

Mario Azzopardi · Director

Mario Azzopardi · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 1, 1980

Actors

Stephen Young

Stephen Young

Steven Lessey

Sharon Masters

Elizabeth Lessey

Marvin Goldhar

Burt Horowitz

Jeannie Elias

Jeannie Elias

Darlene Winters

Cindy Hinds

Cindy Hinds

Sharon Lessey

Phillip Leonard

Philip Lessey

Tod Woodcroft

David Lessey

Bev Marsh

Martha Lessey

Carole Pope

Carole Pope

Herself

Kevan Staples

Punk Rock Band Member

Ken Camroux-Taylor

Ken Camroux-Taylor

Moderator

Philip Akin

Philip Akin

Student #1

Bill Yak

Bill Yak

Student #2

Louis Negin

Louis Negin

Older Man

James Kidnie

James Kidnie

Younger Man

Henry Less

Film director

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