Canada,
1982, 105 min
Directed by:
Jean-Claude LordScreenplay:
Brian TaggertCinematography:
René VerzierComposer:
Jonathan GoldsmithCast:
Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Kathleen Fee, Harvey Atkin, Lorena Gale, Neil Affleck, Charles Dennis, Ron Robbins (more)Plots(1)
Lee Grant stars as outspoken TV journalist Deborah Ballin, whose crusade against domestic violence enrages a creepy loner (Michael Ironside). He brutally attacks the anchorwoman in her home, but Ballin survives and is hospitalized. Her assailant is enraged; he is haunted by a horrific childhood trauma. He enjoys inflicting torture and slow death. And now he as hidden inside the hospital to finish what he started. Can anybody - including her concerned boss (William Shatner), a frantic nurse (Linda Purl), or Deborah herself - stop this psycho's killing spree before it reaches sick new extremes? (official distributor synopsis)
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