Phobia (1980 film)
Phobia | |
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Susan Hogan John Colicos | |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Morris |
Edited by | Stan Cole |
Music by | André Gagnon |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 min. (approx.) |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $5,100,000 |
Box office | $59,167 |
Phobia is a 1980 Canadian horror-thriller film,[1] directed by John Huston and starring Paul Michael Glaser.[2]
Plot summary
Dr. Peter Ross, a psychiatrist, introduces a radical new therapy which he tests on five of his patients to cure them of their various fears (heights, crowded places, enclosed spaces, men and snakes). However his patients start being murdered by an unknown assailant using methods relating to their respective fears.
Cast
- Paul Michael Glaser as Dr. Peter Ross
- Susan Hoganas Jenny St. Clair
- John Colicos as Inspector Larry Barnes
- David Bolt as Henry Owen
- Patricia Collins as Dr. Alice Toland
- David Eisner as Johnny Venuti
- Lisa Langlois as Laura Adams
- Alexandra Stewart as Barbara Grey
- Robert O'Ree as Bubba King
- Neil Vipond as Dr. Clegg
- Marian Waldman as Mrs. Casey
- Kenneth Welsh as Sgt Joe Wheeler
Reception
Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas described Phobia as "the worst film ever directed by a winner of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award."[3]
References
- ^ "Film Review: Phobia (1980)". horrornews.net. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 169-170.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (17 August 1986). "The China Syndrome (ABC Sunday at 9..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.
External links
- Phobia at IMDb
- Phobia at Rotten Tomatoes
- Phobia at Box Office Mojo