Deadline

Deadline

90 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Jan. 1, 1980

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.

Deadline

90 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Jan. 1, 1980

Deadline
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Horror Picture Films
Original title Deadline
Directors Robert Appelbe, Dennis Chapman, Mario Philip Azzopardi
Writers Richard Oleksiak, Mario Philip Azzopardi

Cast

Stephen Young

as Steven Lessey

Sharon Masters

as Elizabeth Lessey

Marvin Goldhar

as Burt Horowitz

Jeannie Elias

as Darlene Winters

Cindy Hinds

as Sharon Lessey

Phillip Leonard

as Philip Lessey

Tod Woodcroft

as David Lessey

Bev Marsh

as Martha Lessey

Carole Pope

as Herself

Kevan Staples

as Punk Rock Band Member

Ken Camroux-Taylor

as Moderator

Philip Akin

as Student #1

Bill Yak

as Student #2

Louis Negin

as Older Man

James Kidnie

as Younger Man

Henry Less

as Film director

Peter Manierka

as Bearded Monk

Walker Boone

as Newscaster

William Osler

as Doctor Masters

Jimmy Loftus

as Inspector

Caroline Yeager

as Nadya

Theresa Tova

as Honey

Judy Foster

as Bee

Richard Alden

as Linstrom

Michael Copeman

as Wino

Peter Peer

as Boltz

Kurt Schiegl

as Boltz’s Henchman