Out of the Body

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Out of the Body
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Theatrical film poster
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Written by Kenneth G. Ross
Produced byCharles Hannah
David Hannay
Starring Mark Hembrow
Tessa Humphries
CinematographyKevan Lind
Edited byAlan Woodruff
Music byPeter Westheimer
Production
companies
Premiere Film Marketing
Medusa Communications
David Hannay Productions
Distributed by CBS/Fox Video
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$600,000 (est.) [1]

Out of the Body is a 1988 Australian supernatural thriller film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. [1] [2]

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Plot summary

In Sydney, Australia, there's a killer on the loose, removing the eyes of his female victims. The only hope of catching him lies in an astral traveller named David Gaze, who is the prime suspect.

Cast

Production

The film was one of four pictures made around the same time by executive Tom Broadbridge. The others were Kadaicha , The 13th Floor and Vicious. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p295
  2. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p118
  3. "Movie man eschews art". The Canberra Times . 62 (19, 093). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 January 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 29 August 2018 via National Library of Australia.