Blackout (1988 film)

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Blackout
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Directed byDoug Adams
Written byLaura Ferguson
Joseph Stefano
Produced byDoug Adams
Herman Grigsby
Joseph Stefano
Starring Gail O'Grady
Carol Lynley
Cinematography Arledge Armenaki
Edited by Zach Staenberg
Music by Don Davis
Production
company
Ambient Light Enterprises
Distributed byOverseas FilmGroup
Release date
  • October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blackout (released as The Attic in UK) is a 1988 American thriller film directed by Doug Adams and starring Gail O'Grady and Carol Lynley. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Caroline Boyle is drawn to her childhood home in Northern California by a cryptic letter from her father, who abandoned her and her mother when she was a child. She comes back to search for her father, but gradually her terrible suppressed memories return.

Cast

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References

  1. VV.AA. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1989.
  2. Michael Wilmington (October 13, 1989). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Blackout' in the Usual Psycho-Thriller Stew". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 31 October 2015.