Fade to Black (1980 film)
Fade to Black is a 1980 American horror film written and directed by Vernon Zimmerman, and starring Dennis Christopher, Eve Brent Ashe, and Linda Kerridge. It also features Mickey Rourke and Peter Horton in minor roles. The plot follows a shy and lonely cinephile who embarks on a killing spree against his oppressors while impersonating classic horror film characters, all the while stalking his idol a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Eric Binford is a hollow, chain smoking, illtempered young man who is also an obsessed film addict whose love of old films extends far beyond his job at a Los Angeles film distributors warehouse and endless latenight film screenings in his bedroom. For his vast knowledge, hes been bullied by his friends and family. His singular obsession eventually rounds the bend into psychosis after he crosses paths with Marilyn OConnor Linda Kerridge, an Australian model and a Marilyn Monroe lookalike who becomes the physical embodiment of his cinematic desires.When unintentionally stood up by Marilyn on what would have been their first date, Eric becomes homicidally unbalanced, transforming himself into a gallery of classic film charactersincluding Dracula, The Mummy, and Hopalong Cassidyand sets out to destroy his oppressors, starting with his crotchety, wheelchairusing, exdancer Aunt Stella who is actually his mother, pushing her wheelchair down a staircase to her death reenacting a scene from the 1947 film Kiss of Death and making it look like an accident. Eric attends her funeral dressed as Tommy Udo, Richard Widmarks role from the aforementioned film. ........
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