Horror film director must plot to steal the negative of his film in order to save it from being destroyed in an insurance scam cooked up by his sleazy producers.
Acting
Wayne Knight's screen debut as a weasel producer.
Writing
Sam Irvin's self-aware script about saving bad art.
Director
Sam Irvin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Irvin later became a prolific producer of gay cinema and Brian De Palma's assistant on Body Double.
This 1985 short predicted the modern horror discourse about directors fighting studios over final cut—just decades early.
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