Deadline
5.5
“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.
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Cast
27 people
Stephen Young
Steven Lessey
Known for
Patton
Soylent Green
Sharon Masters
Elizabeth Lessey
Also in
The Last Tycoon
Booby Trap
Marvin Goldhar
Burt Horowitz
Known for
The Nutcracker Prince
Jeannie Elias
Darlene Winters
Known for
Dennis the Menace
The Addams Family
Cindy Hinds
Sharon Lessey
Known for
The Brood
Phillip Leonard
Philip Lessey
Tod Woodcroft
David Lessey
Also in
Deadly Eyes
Bev Marsh
Martha Lessey
No other roles listed
Carole Pope
Herself
Known for
Suck
Kevan Staples
Punk Rock Band Member
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Moderator
Known for
Happy Gilmore
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Philip Akin
Student #1
Known for
P2
X-Men
Mario Azzopardi Director · Richard Oleksiak Screenplay Sam Bari Composer
United States release February 1, 1984 · Produced in Canada · Production Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Horror Picture Films
Production
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1980
Limited theatrical
United States · February 1, 1984
Physical · VHS
Canada
February 1, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
November 27, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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