Fade to Black

This movie's a little weird but entertaining. The acting is great, especially the role of the handicapped Mother with her begrudging and nagging persona. Very intense movie.

"Fade to Black" is one of the most thought provoking horror films I've seen in a long time. From the creative minds who brought us "Halloween" and "Hell Night, comes another slasher flick. This one, however, is unique in that it serves as a social commentary on the influence of movies, especially horror, on troubled young minds. Eric Binford is a loner with no friends who spends too much time watching movies on television and at the theatre. He actually tells this girl he's just met that he watched three movies a day for an entire year. Add to the fact that he is constantly surrounded by people who psychologically and physically abuse him and you have a bomb that could explode at any minute. When Eric does become mentally unhinged, he disguises himself as vampires, mummies, bandits, gangsters and other villains and begins murdering his enemies in creative ways that mimic the movies he has loved to watch. Dennis Christopher is excellent as the downtrodden Eric who liv... Read more

I am an actor who is part of the film geek world and not ashamed of it,I proudly worked on this film. I can recommend it as highly entertaining,with a kernal of truth as to what can happen to some of these film afficianados if they lose their minds

This is a parody of slasher flicks that is also an intelligent horror movie. It shows how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred and how that can lead to tragic results. Eric Binford was raised under rather bizarre circumstances by an old hag who is determined to make his life a living hell. He retreats to a movie based fantasy world. Combine this with the boss from Hell and a chance encounter with a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, and you have a perfect set-up for a descent into insanity. Things get so insane that by the end of the movie, your suspension of disbelief has been violated which is why this film does not merit a 5 stars out of 5 rating.

Really intresting and good movie, I highly recommend this movie as it is really rare...........