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Lunatics: A Love Story
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Lunatics: A Love Story

1991-02-08 · 87 min · ★ 4.9

Comedy · Drama · Romance · Horror

In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.

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Directors
Josh Becker
Production companies
Renaissance Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 650,000

Top Cast

Ted RaimiTed RaimiHank Stone
Deborah ForemanDeborah ForemanNancy
Bruce CampbellBruce CampbellRay
George AguilarGeorge AguilarComet
Brian McCreePresto
Eddy RoumayaJoker
Michelle StaceyBillboard Woman
John HardyMr. Jackson
Anna AycoxMailwoman
Carol VernonMrs. Rabinowitz
Josefa RigialMrs. Ramiriz
Philip A. GillisPhilip A. GillisDesk Clerk
Reginald AbramsRapper #1
Robert Lee WalkerRapper #2
Wilbert Lawrence HinesRapper #3
Robert GrossmanDrunk
Von WashingtonTicket Seller
John CameronJohn CameronEdgar Allen Poe
Annette SinclairAnnette SinclairBlonde
Henrietta HermelinHank’s Mom

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