Fatal Frames

Fatal Frames (1996)

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Alex Ritt, a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.

Date of release
1996-02-15
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (13)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Al Festa

Casting

Interesting facts

Fatal Frames is a 1996 Italian giallo film directed by music video director Al Festa. It stars his wife, singer Stefania Stella. The film is about the American music video director Alex Ritt who is hired to direct the latest Stefania Stella video in Rome. While there, he witnesses a brutal killing. By the time the police arrive, the body has vanished and no traces of blood are found. When Ritt witnesses a second murder with the same circumstances, he tries to discover the truth.

Production

Fatal Frames was conceived by Al Festa and Stefania Stella. Finding that the gialli was a genre in a slump, they decided to make a film to reflect the style and tones of 1970s-styled gialli while incorporating their own music into the film.

Fatal Frames began production in 1993. While filming into 1994, financing on the film dried up leading for production to shut down to find additional funds. While not filming, cast members Rossano Brazzi and Donald Pleasence died. Funding was found through Silvio Berlusconi's Media set production company, but re-writing had to be done on the film to deal with the death of two actors.

Festa's original edit of the film was two hours and 20 minutes, which was later cut down to two hours and five minutes.

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