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Title: Fade to Black (1999)
Format: DVD
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Starring: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, and Linda Kerridge
Director: Vernon Zimmerman
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Comments for Fade to Black

• Posted on 2009-08-09
  Sellers on crack
  
  350 bucks for a second run DVD? Listen to me...drugs are BAD. I just bought this brand new for 18 bucks. Are you out of your tree or just want to punk someone??? Don't waste your time, get this DVD from somewhere else if you are interested in buying.
  
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• Posted on 2009-05-28
  Cschmidt
  
  This movie's a little weird but entertaining. The acting is great, especially the role of the handicapped Mother with her begrudging and nagging persona. Very intense movie.
  
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• Posted on 2009-02-14
  Eric Binford Has A Deadly Obsession For Watching Horror Movies
  
  "Fade to Black" is one of the most thought provoking horror films I've seen in a long time. From the creative minds who brought us "Halloween" and "Hell Night, comes another slasher flick. This one, however, is unique in that it serves as a social commentary on the influence of movies, especially horror, on troubled young minds.
  
  Eric Binford is a loner with no friends who spends too much time watching movies on television and at the theatre. He actually tells this girl he's just met that he watched three movies a day for an entire year. Add to the fact that he is constantly surrounded by people who psychologically and physically abuse him and you have a bomb that could explode at any minute. When Eric does become mentally unhinged, he disguises himself as vampires, mummies, bandits, gangsters and other villains and begins murdering his enemies in creative ways that mimic the movies he has loved to watch.
  
  Dennis Christopher is excellent as the downtrodden Eric who lives with his abusive, crippled aunt. The viewer feels much sympathy for his plight even though he brings a lot of his troubles upon himself, like most humans do. (You might say that a little bit of Eric Binford is in all of us.) There is a hazy line between reality and fantasy, between sanity and insanity. Eric has definitely crossed that line, which leads to tragic consequences. The ending is very sad and disheartening.
  
  "Fade to Black" reminded me of the horror masterpiece "Theatre of Blood" in which Vincent Price is an actor who is very much immersed in Shakespearean plays. He also kills his enemies - reviewers who have constantly rejected his acting - according to these plays.
  
  When stressed, we all have a tendency to slip into fantasy in order to relieve tension. We have to learn when not to stay in fantasy too long and become forever trapped there like Eric Binford. We must confront our problems instead of running from them.
  
  "Fade to Black" is highly recommended for those who love slasher ficks of the eighties and for those, like me, who watch too many horror movies in general. This film will make you think, it will make you analyze your own life, but, most of all, it will make you glad you're not Eric Binford. His life is like a movie reel that has come to an end and the screen must now FADE TO BLACK.
  
  Anchor Bay did an excellent job of restoring and releasing this film in its original widescreen theatrical aspect of 1.85:1. A theatrical trailer has been provided. In lieu of commentary, there is a movie poster replica and brief liner notes on the cast and crew. However, there are no closed captions or subtitles for the hearing impaired.
  
  
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• Posted on 2008-04-07
  The Horror Of the Film Geek World
  
  I am an actor who is part of the film geek world and not ashamed of it,I proudly worked on this film. I can recommend it as highly entertaining,with a kernal of truth as to what can happen to some of these film afficianados if they lose their minds
  
  
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• Posted on 2007-02-27
  Interesting
  
  This is a parody of slasher flicks that is also an intelligent horror movie. It shows how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred and how that can lead to tragic results. Eric Binford was raised under rather bizarre circumstances by an old hag who is determined to make his life a living hell. He retreats to a movie based fantasy world. Combine this with the boss from Hell and a chance encounter with a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, and you have a perfect set-up for a descent into insanity. Things get so insane that by the end of the movie, your suspension of disbelief has been violated which is why this film does not merit a 5 stars out of 5 rating.
  
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