''Seizure'' is a 1974
horror film. It is the directorial debut of
Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Plot
Horror writer Edmund Blackstone (
Jonathan Frid
Jonathan Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera ''Dark Shadows''.
Biography
Early life and career
Frid was born of Scottish ...
) sees his recurring nightmare come to chilling life one weekend as one by one, his friends and family are killed by three villains: the Queen of Evil (
Martine Beswick
Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is Jamaica-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) and '' Thunderball'' (1965), who went on to appear in several other n ...
), a dwarf named Spider (
Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor and painter. He is best known for his role as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film '' The Man with the Golden Gun'', and his role as Mr ...
), and a giant scar-faced strongman called Jackal (
Henry Judd Baker
Henry Judd Baker (died August 28, 2016) was an American actor known for such films and television shows as Oliver Stone's ''Seizure'', ''Clean and Sober'', '' The Mighty Quinn'', William Friedkin's '' Cruising'' and ''Dark Shadows
''Dark Sha ...
).
Cast
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Jonathan Frid
Jonathan Frid (December 2, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic television soap opera ''Dark Shadows''.
Biography
Early life and career
Frid was born of Scottish ...
as Edmund Blackstone
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Martine Beswick
Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is Jamaica-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) and '' Thunderball'' (1965), who went on to appear in several other n ...
as Queen of Evil
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Joseph Sirola
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Life and career
Sirola was born in Carteret, New Jersey to Croats, Croatian parents Anton, a carp ...
as Charlie
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Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor and painter. He is best known for his role as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film '' The Man with the Golden Gun'', and his role as Mr ...
as Spider
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Christina Pickles
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as Nicole Blackstone
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Troy Donahue
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Biography Early years
Born in New York City, Donahue was ...
as Mark Frost
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Mary Woronov
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as Mikki Hughes
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Richard Cox as Gerald
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Henry Judd Baker
Henry Judd Baker (died August 28, 2016) was an American actor known for such films and television shows as Oliver Stone's ''Seizure'', ''Clean and Sober'', '' The Mighty Quinn'', William Friedkin's '' Cruising'' and ''Dark Shadows
''Dark Sha ...
as Jackal
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Alexis Kirk
Alexis Kirk (29 December 1936 – 17 May 2010) was an American jewelry designer who also designed clothing and fashion accessories.
Early life
Kirk, although born in Los Angeles, and brought up in New England, self-identified as Armenian. H ...
as Arris
Production
''Seizure'' is the directorial debut of
Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Star
Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov (born December 8, 1943) is an American actress, published author and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a " cult star" because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared ...
would later claim that one of the film's producers was
gangster
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Michael Thevis
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, who partially bankrolled the film in an attempt to
launder money, as he was under investigation by the
FBI
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.
Release
The film had a very limited release theatrically in the United States by
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
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History
In 1963, the owner of the Paci ...
,
playing on
New York's 42nd street in 1974.
The film was released on
VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment. A transfer to DVD and Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014 by Scorpion Releasing.
See also
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List of American films of 1974
A list of American films released in 1974.
'' The Godfather Part II'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
A–Z
Documentaries
See also
* 1974 in the United States
References
External links
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