''Deadline'' (also known as ''Anatomy of a Horror'') is a 1980 Canadian

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

directed and co-written by

Mario Azzopardi Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian-Maltese television and film director and writer. Early life and emigration Azzopardi was born in Siggiewi, Malta, and was educated at St Aloysius' College ( Birkirkara, Malta), and the ...

and starring Stephen Young and Sharon Masters.

Cast

* Stephen Young as Steven Lessey * Sharon Masters as Elizabeth Lessey *

Marvin Goldhar Marvin Goldhar (April 29, 1933 – March 31, 2002) was a Canadian actor, best known for his voice work in animated programs and in made-for-TV movies. Among his voice credits include Cedric Sneer on ''The Raccoons'', Mr. Weatherbee on ''The ...

as Burt Horowitz * Jeannie Elias as Darlene Winters * Cindy Hinds as Sharon Lessey * Phillip Leonard as Philip Lessey * Tod Woodcroft as David Lessey * Bev Marsh as Martha Lessey

Release

Though shot in mid - late 1979, the earliest known verifiable listing of the film's release year is in the publication ''Horror and Science Fiction Films II'' by Donald C. Willis, copyrighted in 1982; in it, the film's release year is listed as "1980?".

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distributor

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lists the film's release year with more certainty as 1980. Several other sources list the film's release year as 1980. In a 1985 volume of ''

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'', the film's release date is listed as 1984. However, according to ''Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature'', published in 1997, the film was released in 1979.

Home media

The film was released on

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and

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in March 2020.

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External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0082244, title=Deadline 1980 horror films 1980 films Canadian horror films English-language Canadian films Films about writers 1980s English-language films Films directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi 1980s Canadian films