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Release Date:
January 6, 1989
Original Title:
Freakshow
Alternate Titles:
Histórias Bizarre
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Brightstar Films
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
After being ditched by her cameraman because of her manipulative behavior at a murder scene, a reporter wanders through town looking for a phone she can use. She finds a small museum, where the proprietor invites her in to have a look around before leaving. In one room, she encounters a strange jar which causes her to have strange visions, visions that are supposedly drawn from her own mind. These 'visions' make up the rest of this four- part anthology, which includes horror and suspense stories about a junkie chasing a dog for his runaway fix, a pizza delivery boy who gets a Halloween surprise, a living but paralyzed OD victim forced to undergo her own autopsy because everyone thinks she's dead, and a deal between a golf course owner and a gravedigger that has some unexpected consequences.
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Associate Producer:
Phillip M. Good
Orval Fruitman
Bob Farmer
Director:
Constantino Magnatta
Director of Photography:
Gilles Corbeil
Editor:
Claudio De Grano
Executive Producer:
Don Haig
Original Music Composer:
Daniel LeBlanc
Steve Shelski
Producer:
Anthony Kramreither
Production Designer:
Andrew Deskin
Screenplay:
Bob Farmer
Steve Surgik
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