# Fondu au noir (1980)

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**Original title**: *Fade to Black*
**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Comedy
**Directed by**: Vernon Zimmerman
**Written by**: Vernon Zimmerman
**Starring**: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull

> *Eric Binford lives for the movies... Sometimes he kills for them, too!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Grainy drive-in screens in a smog-choked 1962. A 16mm projector whirring endlessly, reel flapping like a broken wing.

A stuttering usher buys tickets with trembling hands, swapping loyalty for blood. His Valentine heart pulses in sync with a dying film’s shutter.

Zimmerman’s Chicago grays absorb every frame.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, dread, unhinged

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