Summaries

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

Odile Deray est attaché de presse pour le film "Red is Dead". Mais au festival de Cannes, personne ne veut regarder un tel navet. Pourtant, les gens changent d'avis au moment où les projectionnistes meurent les un après les autres, assassiné par le méchant de "Red is Dead". Serge Karamazov est envoyé sur place pour protéger la victime suivante. Quelques jours plus tard, la salle est comble et même le gratin de Cannes est sur place.—Jean Martin

Odile Deray is the media coordinator for the B-movie "Red is Dead", in charge of promoting it at the Cannes festival. Of course, no one wants to see nor report about such a bad movie. However, as projectionists in charge of screening the movie get killed one after another, the press starts to notice , the more so as the murderer uses a sickle and a hammer as in the movie. The police dispatches Serge Karamazov to protect the next potential victims...—JR Bouvier

Details

Keywords
  • chase
  • serial killer
  • police inspector
  • crude humor
  • cannes film festival
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Horror
Release date Mar 8, 1994
Countries of origin France
Language English French Swedish
Filming locations Cinéma Beaumont-Palace, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France
Production companies France 3 Cinéma Le Studio Canal+ Téléma

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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