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Terror Firmer

Terror Firmer

Comedy · Horror · 1999

A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.

Movie details

Terror Firmer

“Let's Make Some Art!”

1999 Comedy · Horror 1h 54m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

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A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Lloyd Kaufman

Written by

Douglas Buck · Lloyd Kaufman · Patrick Cassidy

Trent Haaga

Trent Haaga

Jerry

A

Alyce LaTourelle

Jennifer

Will Keenan

Will Keenan

Casey

Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

Larry Benjamin

Debbie Rochon

Debbie Rochon

Christine

Joe Fleishaker

Joe Fleishaker

Jacob Gelman

S

Sheri Wenden

Mysterious Woman / Waitress

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Put Terror Firmer on trial.

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.