Twists of Terror
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American/UK VHS cover of "Twists of Terror"
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| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Written by | John Shirley |
| Directed by | Douglas Jackson |
| Starring |
Jennifer Rubin Françoise Robertson Nick Mancuso |
| Theme music composer | Alan Reeves |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Nicolas Clermont Stewart Harding (line producer) Neil Meron (executive producer) Craig Zadan (executive producer) |
| Editor(s) | Glenn Berman |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Original network | Showtime Networks |
| Original release | July 2, 1997 (Canada) October 17, 1998 (USA) |
Twists of Terror (aka Primal Scream) is a Canadian horror/thriller television film starring Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson and Nick Mancuso, directed by Douglas Jackson. The film first aired its native Canada in July 1997 and then in Germany during November 1997, whilst the film's video premiere in the UK was during April 1998, and made its television premiere in America, October 17, 1998, on Showtime.
The film is based around three stories, with the first involving Jennifer Rubin, the second involving Nick Mancuso, and the third involving Françoise Robertson. The stories are titled "The People You Meet", "The Clinic" and "Stolen Moments" respectively.
Originally the film was released on VHS in both the UK and America, whilst a DVD was released in Canada on November 26, 2003.
The film's tagline reads "Terror is just outside the door."
A collection of three macabre tales, presented by an agoraphobic middle-aged man, named Philip, who lives in a seedy section of Los Angeles. As he sorts through his piles of yellowed newspaper clippings, he relates his paranoid nightmares through three stories.
"The People You Meet" is based on a couple, Joe and Amy, who are on their second honeymoon, when they are forced off the road by a speeding sportscar. They get a lift from an odd local who is not what he seems. They pick up another hiker, who just happens to be a friend of the local, and they kidnap Joe and Amy and take them to an abandoned cabin. It concludes with the man and woman both turning on one another, as they had set each other up.
"The Clinic" finds a workaholic traveling salesman, Crenshaw, who after stopping for gas late one night in a nowhere town is attacked by a vicious dog. He finds sanctuary in a private clinic where he is treated by the young Dr. Roberts and a beautiful nurse. Very strange things seem to be happening in this clinic. Blood on the walls, bone chilling screams, patients dancing in the hall. Crenshaw is told that the hallucinations are caused by a rare form of rabies however it turns out that inmates have taken over the clinic, which is an asylum.
"Stolen Moments" shows a shy and pretty Cindy Craig who has trouble meeting men, living her life in an apartment with a plethora of pets. One evening she goes to a bar and is picked up by two men, they go back to an abandoned house and have sex, but then she murders them and resumes her life as the 'quiet' woman she is.
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