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Seizure

  • 1974
  • PG
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.3K
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Seizure (1974)
Jonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a weekend of fun. Then the dream becomes reality and it never ends.
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A horror story writer, Edmond Blackstone, suffers from a recurring nightmare in which three bizarre figures terrorize him and his family. When Blackstone begins to write, the three figures a... Read allA horror story writer, Edmond Blackstone, suffers from a recurring nightmare in which three bizarre figures terrorize him and his family. When Blackstone begins to write, the three figures appear at his home and the dream becomes reality.A horror story writer, Edmond Blackstone, suffers from a recurring nightmare in which three bizarre figures terrorize him and his family. When Blackstone begins to write, the three figures appear at his home and the dream becomes reality.

  • Director
    • Oliver Stone
  • Writers
    • Edward Mann
    • Oliver Stone
  • Stars
    • Jonathan Frid
    • Martine Beswick
    • Joseph Sirola
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Edward Mann
      • Oliver Stone
    • Stars
      • Jonathan Frid
      • Martine Beswick
      • Joseph Sirola
    • 34User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast17

    Jonathan Frid
    Jonathan Frid
    • Edmund Blackstone
    Martine Beswick
    Martine Beswick
    • The Queen
    Joseph Sirola
    Joseph Sirola
    • Charlie Hughes
    Christina Pickles
    Christina Pickles
    • Nicole Blackstone
    Hervé Villechaize
    Hervé Villechaize
    • The Spider
    • (as Herve Villechaize)
    Anne Meacham
    Anne Meacham
    • Eunice Kahn
    Roger De Koven
    Roger De Koven
    • Serge Kahn
    Troy Donahue
    Troy Donahue
    • Mark Frost
    Mary Woronov
    Mary Woronov
    • Mikki Hughes
    Richard Cox
    Richard Cox
    • Gerald
    Timothy Ousey
    • Jason Blackstone
    Henry Judd Baker
    Henry Judd Baker
    • Jackal
    • (as Henry Baker)
    Lucy Bingham
    • Betsy
    Alexis Kirk
    • Arris
    Emil Meola
    • Gas Station Attendant
    Timothy Rowse
    • Milkman
    Oliver Stone
    Oliver Stone
    • Anchor
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Edward Mann
      • Oliver Stone
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    • Trivia
      In a 2007 interview with Maitland McDonagh, actress Martine Beswick related that Seizure (1974) was filmed within a lakeside house in Quebec, which also served as housing for the cast and crew to save on hotel costs, as well as to intensify the feeling of claustrophobia sought by director Oliver Stone. The house's plumbing noise would frequently ruin takes, so no one was allowed to use sinks, showers or toilets during shooting. "It was a little hairy, to say the least... everybody was a little crazed. I mean, the moods! The things that happened! And then the drinking. Everybody took to drinking. We'd have gallons of wine. I started making sangria. I became truly the Queen, I really did. I took over; the crew would eat stuff and leave dirty plates all around everywhere. I'm going, 'This cannot work! So I started leaving notes everywhere: 'If you do not clean that I will kill.'
    • Quotes
      • Gas Station Attendant: I can't take a credit card.
      • Charlie Hughes: Why?
      • Gas Station Attendant: They have a counterfeit investigation.
      • Charlie Hughes: Listen idiot, this is a VIP card.
      • Gas Station Attendant: Look Jack, I...
      • Charlie Hughes: No wait a minute, Charles Hughes, not Jack. Did I say my name was Jack?
      • Gas Station Attendant: Jack, I don't particularly 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 name is Rockefeller; nine dollars and twenty three cents.
      • Charlie Hughes: No 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, which means I own two percent of you. I don't want my two percent of you, so I'm going to get rid of it now! You understand what I mean? I hope you do, because there's a grade 'B' gasoline station down the road, selling grade 'B' gas to grade 'B' people, maybe you can get a job there fixing flats understand?
      • Gas Station Attendant: Nine dollars and twenty three cents, cash!
      • Charlie Hughes: Aha. Here's ten, Big Shot. Keep the change, because you're gonna need it! Remember the name? Hughes!
      • Gas Station Attendant: Hughes. Charles Hughes. Mr. Hughes? Screw you!
    • Alternate versions
      The UK video, released in 1989, included almost 4 minutes of extra footage
    • Connections
      Featured in Seizure: An Interview with Richard Cox (2014)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 15, 1974 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Herrscherin des Bösen
    • Filming locations
      • Val-Morin, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Astral Bellevue Pathé
      • Cine Films Inc.
      • Cinerama Productions Corp.
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • CA$250,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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