CFF: Deadline (1980)
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Deadline (1980) is a psychological horror film that explores the thin boundary between imagination and reality. Steven Lessey is a successful screenwriter known for crafting disturbing and violent stories. But when the lines between his fiction and everyday life begin to blur, his world takes a dark and unnerving turn. As tension builds within his home, the film carefully examines the toll that fear, isolation, and obsession can take on the human mind. Set against a backdrop of increasingly surreal moments, this Canadian feature takes a restrained yet unsettling approach to psychological horror. With a moody atmosphere and performances that reflect a growing sense of unease, Deadline presents a slow-burning portrait of a man facing internal collapse. Viewers interested in horror that leans into the psychological rather than the sensational will find this film a quietly disturbing entry in the genre.
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
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