Thinner, a 1996 horror film based on the novel by stephen king. This movie just had poor acting, it was less scary, it was short, it was boring, and the part where he tried to convince the gypsy to take it off was really lame. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. The problem with thinner, which went unscreened for critics, is that its mediumlevel king.
A billy halleck robert john burke body maquette made for tom hollands 1996 horror adaptation thinner. Find movie and film cast and crew information for thinner 1996 tom holland on allmovie. Tom then went onto direct two films based upon adaptations of stephen kings novels. The main article for this category is 1996 in film. Multilayer films are used in packaging to achieve specific performance requirements in a cost effective manner. Director tom hollands horror movies, ranked worst to best. For convenience, all 1996 films should be included in this category. Now some of his film s i do like, the secret window, children of the corn, the shining, etc. It was released as promo a year later internationally on laserdisc, vhs and video cd. Stephen king, american novelist and shortstory writer whose books were credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century.
Directed by tom holland a lawyer is cursed by a gypsy to lose weight. Stephen kings thinner 1996 billy halleck robert john burke is an obese lawyer who accidentally hits a gypsy with his car after his wife distracts him. Written by stephen king under his richard bachman pseudonym and adapted to film in 1996. Its more like needful things, another good film of a lightweight story, with a few more servings of gore and. Watch thinner 1996 full movie free online streaming tubi. In honor of halloween season, today we celebrate ghosts.
She played this role from 2005 to 2006, and also reprised it in 2008 and 2010. With so many of his books being adapted, here are a list of stephen king movies that really need to get made, from the talisman to the long walk. Thinner script transcript from the screenplay andor. Thinner netlabel, a german netlabel releasing electronic music. An overview of multilayer film fabrication processes, selection of polymers and important film properties, including barrier, mechanical, sealing, adhesion and shelf appearance, is provided. Her most famous role is as rose tyler, a companion to the doctor in the television series doctor who. The death is ruled an accident and no charges filed. Stephen kings thinner 1996 cast and crew moviefone. A fat lawyer finds himself growing thinner when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Colorado, where king wrote the shining published 1977. The family returned to western maine in 1975, where king completed his fourth novel, the stand published 1978. Thinner is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by richard bachman, who was. The next day, billy, duncan and phillips are cursed by tadzu, who puts a hex on each one of them. Thinner dvd stephen king horror movie film brand new sealed uk release.
The unputdownable novel of one mans quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title thinner. Stephen king published his novel thinner under his pseudonym, richard. With the exception of billys daughter, all characters are corrupt in some level and deserve their fate. Tom holland adapts the stephen king novel of the same name that looks at a mans rapid deterioration after he gets a curse placed on him. This version of charlotte brontes classic romance is greatly subdued and plays down the gothic aspects in favor of creating a more realistic view of the starcrossed relationship between two. Billie paul piper born lianne paul piper, 22 september 1982, in swindon, wiltshire is an english singer and actress she began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer. His books gained their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and kings ability to involve and scare the reader. Fear nothulu just reupped their streaming offerings with great new shows and movies. This category is for films originally released in the year 1996. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse.
Billy gets thinner and thinner and while seeking out tadzu to ask him to remove the spell, he suspects that his wife is having an affair with his doctor and friend mike houston. The dead womans 106 year old father, taduz lempke, is angry that billy got off so easily and curses him, saying to him thinner. The plot of thinner concerns massively overweight lawyer billy halleck robert john burke, who is receiving an oral gift from his wife lucinda jenney while driving down the street one night, when he becomes so carried away that he runs over an old gypsy woman irma st. Thinner marketed as stephen kings thinner is a 1996 american body horror film directed by tom holland and written by michael mcdowell and holland. The film is based on the bestselling novel by stephen king writing as. At the time of writing, there have been a total of 81 films or tv shows based on one of stephen. Thinner is one of those extreme short novels by richard bachman, a.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. No matter what he eats, he keeps getting thinner and thinner. Stephen kings thinner 1996 cast and crew billy halleck robert john burke is an obese lawyer who accidentally hits a gypsy with his car after his wife distracts him. Billie piper simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line.
Japanese film ring takes a unique approach to the curse genre, choosing as its cursed object the humble old videotape. The short film addresses broader societal issues including bigotry and fear of the other. Penguin putnamcurse of the old gypsy manbilly halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the american good life. The special effects and makeup were stateofart in 1996 and even thirteen years later, they are very good. The last of the high kings 1996 it is 1977, dublin rocks to the music of thin lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of elvis presley. Thinner 1996 horror, thriller directed by tom holland. Thinner may be a terrible movie, but its at least in the so bad its good category. Thinner ebook greene county public library bibliocommons. Finally, the thinner script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the stephen king movie. The film is well done, faithful and definitely full of rhythm, even if the format length makes the chase a little bit short. Thinner 1996 tom holland synopsis, characteristics. Nothing screams halloween like mjs short film ghosts. He also took a cameo role in the stephen king miniseries the stand 1994. And desperate enough for one last gamble, that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.
The creepy thinner is an underrated and one of my favorite horror movies based on a stephen kings novel. A 109yearold gypsy, hellbent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away. Director tom hollands totally banal and pedestrian horror movie is the thinner end of the wedge as far as awful adaptations of kings books go. The most wellknown prop from the hellraiser franchise is the lament configuration, a cursed puzzle box that, when completed, allows the cenobites to pass into our world from the. The short film was completed in 1996 and originally premiered alongside stephen kings thinner in beverly hills, ca before it arrived at the cannes film. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in. Tom hollands totally banal and pedestrian horror movie is the thinner end of the.
Based on stephen kings novel, an obese attorney is cursed after accidentally killing a gypsy woman, causing him to uncontrollably lose weight. It lacks the gravity of shawshank and the crazed obsession of misery. Thinner is one of the greatest stephen king movie since sleepwalkers. Michael jacksons ghosts is a 1996 short film starring singer michael jackson, written by horror novelist stephen king and mick garris, and directed by stan winston. But he is also fifty pounds overweight and, as his doctor keeps reminding him, heading into heart attack country. Unfollow thinner vhs to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Thinner marketed as stephen kings thinner is a 1996 american body horror film directed by tom holland and written by michael mcdowell. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. He recently completed production on the thriller rock, paper, dead starring michael madsen. Thinner is a 1996 american body horror film directed by tom holland and written by michael mcdowell and holland.
After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer billy halleck is stricken with a fleshwasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death. The film is based on stephen king s 1984 novel of the same name and stars robert john burke, joe mantegna, lucinda jenney, michael constantine, kari wuhrer, and bethany joy lenz. It was filmed and first screened in 1996 and released along with select prints of the film thinner. Get the best deals for stephen king thinner dvd at. Based on the stephen king novel the film follows obese lawyer, billy, who is cursed by a gypsy, causing him to suffer extreme weight loss. When an old gypsy man curses billy halleck for sideswiping his daughter, six weeks later hes ninetythree pounds lighter.
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