Deadline

Jan 1, 1980

1h 30m

★ 5.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Horror Picture Films

Canadian Film Development Corporation

Deadline Trailers

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Cast

Steven Lessey

Stephen Young

Elizabeth Lessey

Sharon Masters

Burt Horowitz

Marvin Goldhar

Darlene Winters

Jeannie Elias

Sharon Lessey

Cindy Hinds

Philip Lessey

Phillip Leonard

David Lessey

Tod Woodcroft

Martha Lessey

Bev Marsh

Herself

Carole Pope

Punk Rock Band Member

Kevan Staples

Moderator

Ken Camroux-Taylor

Student #1

Philip Akin

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