Terror Firmer (1999) on Netflix
Larry Benjamin, a blind director, leads a low-budget New York film crew. Production assistant Jennifer is torn between boom operator Casey and effects operator Jerry. A killer stalks the set.
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Plot summary
Larry Benjamin is a blind director leading a crew on a low-budget film shoot in New York, and he wants the result to be a work of art. Jennifer, a production assistant, has to do her job on set. She is also pulled between two men: Casey, a boom operator who is strait-laced, and Jerry, a rebellious special effects operator. Beyond the usual trouble of a film set, a serial killer who is conflicted about sex and carries bombs preys on the crew.
Cast
- Alyce LaTourelleas Jennifer
- Sheri Wendenas Mysterious Woman / Waitress
- Yaniv Sharonas Naked P.A.
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Terror Firmer (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Although the end credits thank the New York City Police Department for its "unstinting cooperation," the documentary The Making of Terror Firmer shows officers clashing with the crew on set multiple times, including once revoking their filming permit.
- The R-rated cut hides its goriest and most explicit moments behind on-screen "CENSORED" boxes, redubs profanity with obviously mismatched voices, and even swaps some body parts for images of animals, such as a cat.
- The film's talk-show parody sequence was drawn directly from director Lloyd Kaufman's own real-life appearance on the Morton Downey Jr. Show.
- Terror Firmer was the first release by Troma Entertainment to be edited digitally on Avid rather than with older film-editing methods.
