Phobia (1980 film)
1980 Canadian film
- September 9, 1980 (1980-09-09)
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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 Hogan as 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]
Reginald H. Morris received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981.[4]
References
- ^ "Film Review: Phobia (1980)". horrornews.net. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. 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
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Films directed by John Huston
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- In This Our Life (1942)
- Across the Pacific (1942)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Key Largo (1948)
- We Were Strangers (1949)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Moulin Rouge (1952)
- Beat the Devil (1953)
- Moby Dick (1956)
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
- The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
- The Roots of Heaven (1958)
- The Unforgiven (1960)
- The Misfits (1961)
- Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
- The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
- The Night of the Iguana (1964)
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
- Sinful Davey (1969)
- A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
- The Kremlin Letter (1970)
- Fat City (1972)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
- The Mackintosh Man (1973)
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
- Wise Blood (1979)
- Phobia (1980)
- Victory (1981)
- Annie (1982)
- Under the Volcano (1984)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- The Dead (1987)
- Winning Your Wings (1942)
- Report from the Aleutians (1943)
- The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
- Let There Be Light (1946)
- Independence (1976)
- Five Came Back (2017 documentary)
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