Screamplay
6.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Rufus Butler Seder Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Horror Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1985 Writer Ed Greenberg (screenplay), Rufus Butler Seder (screenplay) Genres Horror, Indie film, Horror comedy, Black comedy Similar movies Igor and the Lunatics (1985), Girls School Screamers (1986), Death by Dialogue (1988), The Dark Side of Midnight (1984), Frightmare (1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Screamplay is a 1985 American horror film directed by Rufus Butler Seder.
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Screamplay trailer
Plot
Aspiring screenwriter Edgar Allen (Rufus B. Seder) arrives in Hollywood carrying his most valuable possessions: a battered suitcase and a typewriter. Edgar Allen's best attribute is his wild imagination. He imagines scenes so vividly for the murder mystery he is writing that they seem to come to life...and they do! As mysterious gruesome murders pile up, Edgar Allen must confront aging actresses, rock stars and the police in a bleak setting of broken dreams and hideously broken bodies in Hollywood. As the line between reality and imagination becomes more blurred, Edgar Allen, convinced the only way to be a real writer is to suffer, is driven slowly mad.
Release
After a theatrical and video release, Troma released the film on DVD in 2005. This release is currently out of print.
Reception
The film is currently distributed by Troma Entertainment. Many Troma fans cite Screamplay as one of the company's better films in terms of quality: the film is very well received by film fans for its writing and heavy German Expressionism influence, lacking the gratuitous gore, nudity, and/or cheap gags present in most Troma films.
References
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