{"id":1304,"date":"2006-08-21T18:49:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2023-09-13T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:51:39","slug":"fade-to-black-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"Fade to Black (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Your one-eyed monster is gonna soften your eyes, much less rot your brain!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Poster-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Poster-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Poster-70x128.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA psychotic young film fanatic (Dennis Christopher) commits murders inspired by classic movies.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Christopher Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Mickey Rourke Films<\/li>\n<li>Movie Buffs<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOne can&#8217;t help wondering why Peary includes this title in his book, given that he immediately labels it a &#8220;violent, embarrassing stupidity&#8221;; presumably its cinephilic storyline (about &#8220;a psychotic young movie buff&#8230; who dresses up like screen villains and commits murders&#8221;) was enough to earn it automatic entry.  Interestingly, I wasn&#8217;t nearly as offended by it as Peary; as a teenage film fanatic, I often looked to movies for guidance, and can easily imagine an unhinged movie lover (such as Dennis Christopher&#8217;s Eric Binford) taking this to psychotic extremes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Christopher&#8217;s impassioned performance (though Peary argues he&#8217;s &#8220;miscast&#8221;)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-1536x831.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Fade-to-Black-Christopher.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s a reasonably entertaining little thriller, and most film buffs will be intrigued by the premise alone. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080711\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/fade-to-black-1980\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mondo-digital.com\/fadetoblack.html\">Mondo Digital Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Your one-eyed monster is gonna soften your eyes, much less rot your brain!&#8221; Synopsis: A psychotic young film fanatic (Dennis Christopher) commits murders inspired by classic movies. Genres: Dennis Christopher Films Horror Mickey Rourke Films Movie Buffs Psychopaths Serial Killers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: One can&#8217;t help wondering why Peary includes this title in his book, given that he immediately labels it a &#8220;violent, embarrassing stupidity&#8221;; presumably its cinephilic storyline (about &#8220;a psychotic young movie buff&#8230; who dresses up like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1304\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91561,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/91561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}