Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy(1994)
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Movie: Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Odile Deray / Louise, TV journalist
Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
Simon Jérémi / Benjamin / Michel, TV journalist
Commissioner Patrick Bialès / Maurice Bialès / Alicia Lampéro
Disturbing man / Youri / Émile Gravier
Jean-Paul Martoni
Philippe Garcia
Serge Karamazov's boss
M. Jacques' widow
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A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Release Date
1994-03-09
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7.5
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