Fade to Black

1980

Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Thriller

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 5799 5.8K

fan culture serial killer chain smoking slasher hollywood woman in wheelchair

Plot summary

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.

Director

Vernon Zimmerman Photo
Vernon Zimmerman

Top cast

Eve Brent Photo
Eve Brent as Aunt Stella Binford
James Luisi Photo
James Luisi as Captain M.L. Gallagher
Melinda O. Fee Photo
Melinda O. Fee as Talk Show Hostess
Tim Thomerson Photo
Tim Thomerson as Dr. Jerry Moriarty
720p.BluRay 720p.WEB 1080p.BluRay 1080p.WEB 2160p.BluRay
939.89 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 1
936.21 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 1
1.7 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 10
1.7 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 1
4.58 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dperky 6 / 10

Worth It For Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher elevates what might as well be another generic slasher/thriller every step of the way with his thoughtful and committed performance as a movie obsessed loner who develops an obsession with a Marilyn Monroe lookalike and begins killing people he doesn't like while dressed as his famous cinematic heroes.There's something a little too somber and serious about Fade To Black and if it could just let loose and have a little fun every now and then, it might have been a more enjoyable film. It plays more like Taxi Driver or the more recent Joker film, taking itself deathly seriously even when it should be adding a little levity to the story. It's admirable for the first half of the film, but once the killings start, it stops being that serious psychological study and turns into something entirely and logic flies out the window a bit.There's also an entirely unnecessary subplot involving a police officer and the new, cocaine snorting psychologist she works with that adds very little except padding to the run time.It's only Christopher's performance that holds the film together and it's worth seeing just for him.
Reviewed by jamiemiller-07611 6 / 10

Great Performance

Dennis Christopher turns in the performance of his career as a movie obsessed loner who disguises himself as his favorite film characters to get revenge on those he believes have wronged him.Fade to Black is somewhere between a classy psychological thriller and a slasher movie, but it refuses to lean into either or and ends up not being much of anything other than a missed opportunity. It's hard to imagine a bloodthirsty slasher fan getting much out of this and it's not quite smart and insightful enough to get any mainstream attention.
Read more IMDb reviews

1 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment