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Making movies can be MURDER!
1979 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Dusty Nelson |
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| Writer: | Dusty Nelson, William H. Mooney |
| Staring: |
| Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 01, 1979 |
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| Director: | Dusty Nelson |
| Writer: | Dusty Nelson, William H. Mooney |
| Genres: | Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | cocaine, snuff, inspiration, drug use, director, voyeurism, crowbar, bar fight, film production, film crew, film within a film |
| Production Companies | Image Works, International Harmony |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $55,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joseph Pilato | Dominic |
| Susan Chapek | Celeste |
| John Harrison | Lacey Bickel |
| Bernard McKenna | Barney |
| Debra Gordon | Rita / Mona |
| Tom Savini | Nicky |
| Charles Hoyes | Lobo |
| Blay Bahnsen | Scratch |
| Jackie Lahane | Murdered Girl |
| Joe Wittkofski | TV Director |
| John Sutton | TV Sound Man |
| Dave Balko | TV Video Man |
| Cindy Sebastiani | Dancer |
| Bobbi Van Eman | Campfire Extra |
| Duke Snyder | Campfire Extra |
| Kim Snyder | Campfire Extra |
| Doug Harrison | Bar Extra |
| Dave Andrews | Bar Extra |
| Ramona Zini | Bar Extra |
| Marty Schiff | Bar Extra |
| Nancy Allen | Bar Extra |
| Tom Turich | Bar Extra |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dusty Nelson | Director, Writer |
| William H. Mooney | Novel |
| Pasquale Buba | Editor |
| Tom Savini | Makeup Artist |
| Carl Augenstein | Cinematography |
| Toni Semple | Cinematography |
| John Harrison | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Harrison | Producer |
| Pasquale Buba | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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