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Summary
A talented writer, Edgar Allen, arrives in Hollywood with big dreams but is quickly pulled into a world of madness and depravity. A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script by Edgar. Who will survive and what parts will be left for them?
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.1
Audience score47%
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for comedies, −7 min on the typical 100
typical 10093Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
1984
November 2, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeHorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
15 of 15
- RBRufus Butler SederEdgar Allan
- ESEugene SederAl Weiner
George KucharMartin- CHCheryl HirshmanHarriet Weiner
- JMJames McCannSonny Weiner
- LMLonny McDougallTranvestite
- GCGeorge CordeiroSgt. Joe Blatz
- ECEd CallahanKevin Kleindorf
- MLM. Lynda RobinsonNina Ray
- KBKaty BolgerHolly
- BWBob WhiteLot
James M. ConnorNicky Blair- CHCatherine HaagStarlet
- MJMijo JohnsonSecretary
- BWBob WilsonIrv Weiner
Directing · 1
- Rufus Butler Seder Director
Writing · 2
- Rufus Butler Seder Writer, Editor
- Ed Greenberg Writer
Production · 3
- Lloyd Kaufman Executive Producer
- Michael Herz Executive Producer
- Dennis M. Piana Producer, Cinematography
Sound · 2
- Basil J. Bova Music
- George Colderio Music
Art · 1
- Cheryl Hirshman Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Catherine Shaddix Costume Design
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