Seizure (film) explained

Seizure
Director:	Oliver Stone
Producer:	Garrard Glenn
Starring:	Jonathan Frid Martine Beswick Hervé Villechaize Henry Judd Baker
Music:	Lee Gagnon
Cinematography:	Roger Racine
Editing:	Nobuko Oganesoff Oliver Stone
Runtime:	98 minutes
Language:	English
Budget:	CAD $250,000

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) 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), a dwarf named Spider (Hervé Villechaize), and a giant scar-faced strongman called Jackal (Henry Judd Baker).^[1]

Cast

• Jonathan Frid as Edmund Blackstone
• Martine Beswick as Queen of Evil
• Joseph Sirola as Charlie
• Hervé Villechaize as Spider
• Anne Meacham as Eunice Kahn^[2]
• Roger De Koven as Serge Kahn^[2]
• Christina Pickles as Nicole Blackstone
• Troy Donahue as Mark Frost
• Mary Woronov as Mikki Hughes
• Richard Cox as Gerald
• Henry Judd Baker as Jackal
• Alexis Kirk as Arris

Production

Seizure is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.^{[3] [4]} Star Mary Woronov would later claim that one of the film's producers was gangster Michael Thevis, who partially bankrolled the film in an attempt to launder money, as he was under investigation by the FBI.^[5]

Release

The film had a very limited release theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation,^[6] playing on New York's 42nd street in 1974.^[7]

The film was released on VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment.^[8] A transfer to DVD and Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014, by Scorpion Releasing.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

See also

• List of American films of 1974

References

• Book: Vatnsdal, Caelum. They Came From Within : A History of Canadian Horror Cinema. 2004. Arbeiter Ring Publishing. 1-894037-21-9.

Notes and References

1. Book: Kim Newman . Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s . 18 April 2011 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-4088-1750-6 . 24– .
2. https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55402-SEIZURE?sid=21b6c70d-d758-4209-a62f-dfa4f043bfd1&sr=11.128218&cp=1&pos=0 Seizure (1974) Cast
3. Book: The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia. James Michael Welsh. Donald M. Whaley. Rowman & Littlefield. 2013. 978-0-8108-8352-9. 219–.
4. Book: Oliver Stone: Interviews. Oliver Stone. 1 January 2001. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-57806-303-1. VIII.
5. Web site: Nastasi . Alison . Watch 'Seizure,' the Strange Horror Movie That Served As Oliver Stone's Directorial Debut . Lights, Camera, News . Movies.com . 26 January 2015 .
6. Book: The Staff of Lone Eagle Publishing . Film Directors . 2002 . Lone Eagle Pub. . 238 . 9781580650434 .
7. Book: Lavington . Stephen . Virgin Film: Oliver Stone . November 30, 2011 . Virgin Digital .
8. Book: Video Watchdog . 1994 . Tim & Donna Lucas . 32 .
9. Web site: 'Seizure' Rides on Oliver Stone's Name . PopMatters . 26 January 2015 . 3 October 2014 .
10. Web site: Scorpion Releasing Prepping Oliver Stone's Seizure for Blu-ray . Blu-ray.com . 26 January 2015 . 17 June 2014 .
11. Web site: Seizure Blu-ray . Blu-ray.com . 26 January 2015 .
12. Web site: Seizure: DVD . Amazon.com . 9 September 2014 . 26 January 2015 .