Every Oliver Stone Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Seizure is a 1974 horror-comedy that offered appropriately small beginnings for its director. It's the first release to come out of Oliver Stone's directorial work and remains very unremarkable. He also wrote the screenplay which appears to take inspiration from the works of Stephen King.

Horror writer Edmund Blackstone (Jonathon Frid) finds himself in quite the odd predicament. He watches in fear as his recurring nightmares come to life and start killing off his family and friends one by one. These spectres are comprised of three demons; the queen of evil (Martine Beswick), a strongman named Jackal (Henry Judd Baker) and a dwarf going by the name of Spider (Hervé Villechaize).

All three antagonists may have their unique characteristics, but Seizure's weak story and characters ultimately send it reeling. It merely blends in with other low-budget films of the time. Its attempts at humour often clashes with the violence in a jarring way. Despite its small scale, it all feels rather muddled.

In keeping with Stone's early days as a filmmaker, Seizure was released in a very limited fashion and didn't garner a big audience. When measured up to horror titans like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Black Christmas, it didn't have much of a leg to stand on that year.