A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.
Practical Effects
Grotesque creature effects that ooze 80s charm and latex.
Production
Gothic bookshop sets that smell like dust and desire.
Acting
Jenny Wright commits to unhinged bookworm energy completely.
Director
Tibor Takács
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lead actor Randall William Cook also designed and performed the Malcolm creature effects, essentially romancing himself in makeup.
The film bombed in 1989 but became a VHS cult classic, predating the 'meta-horror' wave that Scream would later dominate.
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