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Director:
Adam Simon
Writers:
Charles Beaumont (screenplay)
Charles Beaumont (story)
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Release Date:
19 January 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
From the writer of the original "Twilight Zone" comes the most terrifying film of the decade. more
Plot:
A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine... more | add synopsis
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(18 articles)
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Horrible ending (no spoiler) more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Pullman ... Dr. Rex Martin

Bill Paxton ... Jim Reston
Nicholas Pryor ... Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin
Patricia Charbonneau ... Dana Martin
George Kennedy ... Vance
Brian Brophy ... Ellis
David Sinaiko ... Berkovitch

Lee Arenberg
Andy Wood ... Brain Surgeon
Maud Winchester ... Crazy Anna
Lisa Moncure ... Board Member

Jon Kellam ... Board Member

Willie Garson ... Board Member
John Paxton ... Board Member
David Sklare ... Board Member
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Paranoia (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
New Horizons more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Dr Martin mentions that he went to "Miskatonic University", the college where Re-Animator (1985) took place. Miskatonic University is supposedly located in Arkham, MA, a fictional town created by H.P. Lovecraft. more
Quotes:
Jim Reston: [Reston proposes a chain of brain surgery boutiques with an unique advertising campaign] Had a bad childhood? We can fix it! more
Movie Connections:
References Re-Animator (1985) more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Horrible ending (no spoiler), 28 October 2001
Author: fezzikola from New York

I spent this entire movie trying to figure out how they would tie all of the ends they created together at the end. As the movie went on and I couldn't figure it out, I thought to myself "They better have a good explanation for all of this". Rather than spoil the ending, let me just say that the end of this movie doesn't explain most of the events that took place in it, and the writer completely destroyed a movie that could be good and makes you think for an easy to write, disappointing ending. I could make a list of the things I saw in the movie that aren't explained at all and that's without viewing it again (I wouldn't put myself through that disappointment once more). Until the ending, I thought they took a movie which seemed like it was going to be bad and cranked out a horror flick that made you think. Instead, they made it impossible to watch without it hurting to think.

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