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{{Short description|1974 film by Oliver Stone}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Seizure
| name = Seizure
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| producer = Garrard Glenn
| producer = Garrard Glenn
| writer = {{plainlist|
| writer = {{plainlist|

* Oliver Stone
* Oliver Stone
* Edward Mann
* Edward Mann

}}
}}
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
| starring = {{plainlist|

* [[Jonathan Frid]]
* [[Jonathan Frid]]
* [[Martine Beswick]]
* [[Martine Beswick]]
* [[Hervé Villechaize]]
* [[Hervé Villechaize]]
* [[Henry Judd Baker]]
* [[Henry Judd Baker]]

}}
}}
| music = [[Lee Gagnon]]
| music = Lee Gagnon
| cinematography = Roger Racine
| cinematography = Roger Racine
| editing = {{plainlist|
| editing = {{plainlist|

* Nobuko Oganesoff
* Nobuko Oganesoff
* Oliver Stone
* Oliver Stone

}}
}}
| studio = {{ubl|Astral Bellevue Pathé|Cine Films Inc.|Cinerama Productions Corp.|Euro-American Pictures|Intercontinental Leisure Industries Ltd.|Queen of Evil Ltd.}}
| distributor =
| distributor = {{ubl|[[Cinerama Releasing Corporation]]|[[American International Pictures]]}}
| released = {{film date|1974}}
| released = {{Film date|1974|11|06}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Canada<br>United States
| country = {{ubl|Canada|United States}}
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = CAD $250,000{{sfn|Vatnsdal|2004|page=82}}
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
}}
'''''Seizure''''' is a 1974 Canadian-American [[Black comedy|black-comedy/]][[horror film|horror]]-[[thriller film|thriller]] film. It is the directorial debut of [[Oliver Stone]], who also co-wrote the screenplay.<ref name="WelshWhaley2013">{{cite book
'''''Seizure''''' is a 1974 [[horror film|horror]] film. It is the directorial debut of [[Oliver Stone]], who also co-wrote the screenplay.
| author1 = James Michael Welsh
| author2 = Donald M. Whaley
| title = The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=a-yFqzSB1oUC&pg=PA219
| year = 2013
| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield
| isbn = 978-0-8108-8352-9
| pages = 219–
}}</ref><ref name="Stone2001">{{cite book
| author = Oliver Stone
| title = Oliver Stone: Interviews
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC&pg=PR19
⚫
| date = 1 January 2001
| publisher = Univ. Press of Mississippi
| isbn = 978-1-57806-303-1
| page = VIII
}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jonathan Frid]] as Edmund Blackstone
* [[Jonathan Frid]] as Edmund Blackstone
* [[Martine Beswick]] as Queen of Evil
* [[Martine Beswick]] as Queen of Evil
* Joseph Sirola as Charlie
* [[Joseph Sirola]] as Charlie
* [[Hervé Villechaize]] as Spider
* [[Hervé Villechaize]] as Spider
* [[Anne Meacham]] as Eunice Kahn<ref name="AFI">[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55402-SEIZURE?sid=21b6c70d-d758-4209-a62f-dfa4f043bfd1&sr=11.128218&cp=1&pos=0 Seizure (1974) Cast]. [[American Film Institute]].</ref>
* [[Roger De Koven]] as Serge Kahn<ref name="AFI"/>
* [[Christina Pickles]] as Nicole Blackstone
* [[Christina Pickles]] as Nicole Blackstone
* [[Troy Donahue]] as Mark Frost
* [[Troy Donahue]] as Mark Frost
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== Production ==
== Production ==


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 [[money laundering|launder]] money, as he was under investigation by the [[FBI]].<ref>{{cite web
''Seizure'' is the directorial debut of [[Oliver Stone]], who also co-wrote the screenplay.<ref name="WelshWhaley2013">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-yFqzSB1oUC&pg=PA219|title=The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia|author1=James Michael Welsh|author2=Donald M. Whaley|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8108-8352-9|pages=219–}}</ref><ref name="Stone2001">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC&pg=PR19|title=Oliver Stone: Interviews|author=Oliver Stone|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-303-1|page=VIII}}</ref> 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 [[money laundering|launder]] money, as he was under investigation by the [[FBI]].<ref>{{cite web
| last1 = Nastasi
| last1 = Nastasi
| first1 = Alison
| first1 = Alison
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| website = Lights, Camera, News
| website = Lights, Camera, News
| publisher = Movies.com
| publisher = Movies.com
| accessdate = 26 January 2015
| access-date = 26 January 2015
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| publisher = Lone Eagle Pub.
| publisher = Lone Eagle Pub.
| page = 238
| page = 238
| isbn = 9781580650434
}}</ref> playing on [[New York City|New York's]] [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd street]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite book
}}</ref> playing on [[New York City|New York's]] [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd street]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite book
| last1 = Lavington
| last1 = Lavington
| first1 = Stephen
| first1 = Stephen
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| date = November 30, 2011
| date = November 30, 2011
| publisher = Virgin Digital
| publisher = Virgin Digital
| url = http://www.amazon.com/Virgin-Film-Oliver-Stephen-Lavington-ebook/dp/B005Y0OEM6
| url = https://www.amazon.com/Virgin-Film-Oliver-Stephen-Lavington-ebook/dp/B005Y0OEM6
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


The film was released on [[VHS]] by various video companies in the 1980s including [[Prism Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite book
The film was released on [[VHS]] by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Video Watchdog
| title = Video Watchdog
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SoyGAAAAIAAJ
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SoyGAAAAIAAJ
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| publisher = Tim & Donna Lucas
| publisher = Tim & Donna Lucas
| page = 32
| page = 32
}}</ref> A transfer to Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014 by [[Scorpion Releasing]].<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> A transfer to DVD and Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014, by Scorpion Releasing.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.popmatters.com/review/186111-seizure/
| url = https://popmatters.com/review/186111-seizure/
| title = 'Seizure' Rides on Oliver Stone's Name
| title = 'Seizure' Rides on Oliver Stone's Name
| work = PopMatters
| work = PopMatters
| accessdate = 26 January 2015
| access-date = 26 January 2015
| date = 3 October 2014
| date = 3 October 2014
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| title = Scorpion Releasing Prepping Oliver Stone's Seizure for Blu-ray
| title = Scorpion Releasing Prepping Oliver Stone's Seizure for Blu-ray
| work = Blu-ray.com
| work = Blu-ray.com
| accessdate = 26 January 2015
| access-date = 26 January 2015
| date = 17 June 2014
| date = 17 June 2014
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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| url = http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Seizure-Blu-ray/106331/
| url = http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Seizure-Blu-ray/106331/
| website = Blu-ray.com
| website = Blu-ray.com
| accessdate = 26 January 2015
| access-date = 26 January 2015
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = Seizure: DVD
| title = Seizure: DVD
| url = http://www.amazon.com/Seizure-Jonathan-Frid/dp/B00LC4PBVQ/
| url = https://www.amazon.com/Seizure-Jonathan-Frid/dp/B00LC4PBVQ/
| website = Amazon.com
| website = Amazon.com
| accessdate = 26 January 2015
| date = 9 September 2014
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| access-date = 26 January 2015
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
*{{cite book|title=They Came From Within : A History of Canadian Horror Cinema|last=Vatnsdal|first=Caelum|date=2004|publisher=Arbeiter Ring Publishing|isbn=1-894037-21-9}}


== External links ==
== External links ==


* {{IMDb title|id=0072136|title=Seizure}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0072136|title=Seizure}}
* {{Amg movie|43630|Seizure}}
* {{AllMovie title|43630|Seizure}}


{{Oliver Stone}}
{{Oliver Stone}}
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 27 June 2024

Seizure
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOliver Stone
Written by
  • Oliver Stone
  • Edward Mann
Produced byGarrard Glenn
Starring
CinematographyRoger Racine
Edited by
  • Nobuko Oganesoff
  • Oliver Stone
Music byLee Gagnon
Production
companies
  • Astral Bellevue Pathé
  • Cine Films Inc.
  • Cinerama Productions Corp.
  • Euro-American Pictures
  • Intercontinental Leisure Industries Ltd.
  • Queen of Evil Ltd.
Distributed by
Release date
  • November 6, 1974 (1974-11-06)
Running time
98 minutes
Countries
  • Kanada
  • Vereinigte Staaten
SpracheEnglisch
BudgetCAD $250,000[1]

Seizure is a 1974 horror film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Plot

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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).[2]

Cast

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Production

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Seizure is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay.[4][5] 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.[6]

Release

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The film had a very limited release theatrically in the United States by Cinerama Releasing Corporation,[7] playing on New York's 42nd street in 1974.[8]

The film was released on VHS by various video companies in the 1980s including Prism Entertainment.[9] A transfer to DVD and Blu-ray was released on September 9, 2014, by Scorpion Releasing.[10][11][12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vatnsdal 2004, p. 82.
  2. ^ Kim Newman (18 April 2011). Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-1-4088-1750-6.
  3. ^ a b Seizure (1974) Cast. American Film Institute.
  4. ^ James Michael Welsh; Donald M. Whaley (2013). The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-8108-8352-9.
  5. ^ Oliver Stone (1 January 2001). Oliver Stone: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. VIII. ISBN 978-1-57806-303-1.
  6. ^ Nastasi, Alison. "Watch 'Seizure,' the Strange Horror Movie That Served As Oliver Stone's Directorial Debut". Lights, Camera, News. Movies.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ^ The Staff of Lone Eagle Publishing (2002). Film Directors. Lone Eagle Pub. p. 238. ISBN 9781580650434.
  8. ^ Lavington, Stephen (November 30, 2011). Virgin Film: Oliver Stone. Virgin Digital.
  9. ^ Video Watchdog. Tim & Donna Lucas. 1994. p. 32.
  10. ^ "'Seizure' Rides on Oliver Stone's Name". PopMatters. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Scorpion Releasing Prepping Oliver Stone's Seizure for Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Seizure Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Seizure: DVD". Amazon.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  • Vatnsdal, Caelum (2004). They Came From Within : A History of Canadian Horror Cinema. Arbeiter Ring Publishing. ISBN 1-894037-21-9.
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