Fred Ward, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lori Singer

Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who were separated being babies, and they do not know each other. Henry was adopted by a honest man, while Freddy becomes a gangster. Henry is very shy and has a ...( read more  read more... )lot of mental troubles. The film melts the two stories by a young writer who discovers that they were sons of an european noble and they own a large inheritance

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Alan Rudolph

Release Date: June 1, 1992

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006

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  • September 13, 2006
    Inventive, fun movie.
  • January 25, 2008
    I have a great history with this film. I remember it played one weekend afternoon when I was a kid and on Monday my friends and I couldn't stop talking about it. It had all these monsters and fantastic effects and managed to be fun and scare the crap out of us at the same time....( read more)
    Then came the day that I heard it influenced my favourite film, The Evil Dead. I thought it might have been that film with all the stop motion effects I remembered so fondly from my youth, but I think that had been called Equinox, not The Beast. Well, it was Equinox and I watched it again, both with nostalgia, and since I had forgotten so much of it (except the ending which had haunted me and my friends so much as kids) it was like seeing it for the first time again.
    And then, as a full grown adult, the craziest thing of all happened, effin' Criterion released a double disc version of it! Criterion! If ever a movie deserved a double disc edition, sure I would say this one, but most people would (and did) scoff at the idea of this getting the deluxe treatment. Well, despite their whining, God must love me a whole bunch for this DVD. Now when I have kids I can't wait for them to feel the joy and scares of this wonderful little film (though I may skip ahead the sheriff molestation scene though I love that close up). Also, this is an odd instance I like the producers cut better than the filmmakers cut, but that's understandable since it was made by a bunch of kids. Highly recommended.
  • May 7, 2009
    Equinox is a completely cool and imaginative little film. It is totally Lovecraftian and shares alot in common with The Evil Dead.
    Very low budget it still manages to be a spfx extravaganza. The stop motion is pretty primative and crude. But that is also the one of many charmin...( read more)g qualities of the film.
    Well thought out and acted, Equinox is for the forgiving only. A perfect example of a drive-in classic.
  • December 10, 2008
    Best stopmotion ever
  • October 30, 2008
    Sheer campy goodness!
  • August 28, 2007
    Not bad for a movie made on a 6,500 budget but i dont think it was meant to be a comedy. I had a good laugh during this one and it seems like a likely inspiration to the Evil Dead films. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone but still I'd say its worth watching once. I couldn...( read more)'t wait for the short chubby blonde girl to get killed, she was the most annoying character i've seen in a film so far.
  • August 22, 2007
    Wonderfully cheesy. A terrible film, but a blast to watch!
  • August 18, 2007
    Another cheesy horror movie!? This looks fun to watch.
  • August 1, 2007
    not the greatest movie ever...reminded me of Evil Dead even tho this was made first.
  • July 18, 2007
    Some nice stop motion animation, hokey dialogue. Will appeal to 70s camp horror fans.

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