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Movie poster: Deadline (1980)
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Deadline

1980 · 90 min Horror Thriller Drama
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1980
Country Canada
Genre Horror, Thriller, Drama
Director Mario Azzopardi
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (27 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs its dread through a distorted, subjective lens and a disquieting soundscape, relying on the gradual erosion of its protagonist's sanity. It explores creative burnout as a form of existential entrapment, where obligation consumes identity.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound unease about the cost of ambition and the fragile line between artistry and self-destruction. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mario Azzopardi

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Watch alone late at night, with minimal lighting, to fully absorb the creeping psychological disintegration.

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