''Screamplay'' is a 1984 American

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directed by Rufus Butler Seder.

Plot

Aspiring screenwriter Edgar Allen (Rufus B. Seder) arrives in Hollywood carrying his most valuable possessions: a battered suitcase and a typewriter. Edgar Allen's best attribute is his wild imagination. He imagines scenes so vividly for the murder mystery he is writing that they seem to come to life...and they do! As mysterious gruesome murders pile up, Edgar Allen must confront aging actresses, rock stars and the police in a bleak setting of broken dreams and hideously broken bodies in Hollywood. As the line between reality and imagination becomes more blurred, Edgar Allen, convinced the only way to be a real writer is to suffer, is driven slowly mad.

Cast

* Rufus Butler Seder as Edgar Allan *

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as Martin * Katy Bolger as Holly * Basil J. Bova as Tony Cassano * Ed Callahan as Keven Kleindorf * George Cordeiro as Sgt. Joe Blatz * M. Lynda Robinson (credited as "Linda Robinson") as Nina Ray * Eugene Seder as Al Weiner * Bob White as Lot *

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as Nicky Blair

Production

''Screamplay'' was filmed between August and September of 1983 in and around

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Release

After a theatrical and video release, Troma released the film on

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in 2005. This release is currently

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Legacy

The director of the film, Rufus Butler Seder, would later be most famous for his Scanimation children’s books.

References

External links

* 1985 films 1985 horror films American independent films Troma Entertainment films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language horror films {{1980s-US-film-stub