Hexed (1993 film)
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| Hexed | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alan Spencer |
| Written by | Alan Spencer |
| Produced by | Louis G. Friedman Marc S. Fischer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Chressanthis |
| Edited by | Debra McDermott |
| Music by | Lance Rubin |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $700,000 |
| Box office | $2.7 million[1] |
Hexed is a 1993 American black romantic comedy film starring Arye Gross, Claudia Christian, Adrienne Shelly, and R. Lee Ermey, and written and directed by Alan Spencer. The film centers on a nebbish hotel clerk who is also a pathological liar that falls in love with a supermodel, unaware that she is a psychotic murderer and escaped mental patient. The movie was filmed in Dallas and Fort Worth.[2][3]
Matt Welsh, a socially awkward hotel clerk and a pathological liar, falls in love with a supermodel who happens to be visiting the hotel in which he works, unaware that she is also a pathological liar and a psychotic murderer.
Cast
- Arye Gross as Matthew "Matt" Welsh
- Claudia Christian as Helen "Hexina" Spears
- Adrienne Shelly as Gloria O'Connor
- R. Lee Ermey as Det. Ferguson
- Ray Baker as Victor Thummell
- Michael E. Knight as Simon Littlefield
- Robin Curtis as Rebecca
- Norman Fell as Herschel Levine
Development
Sony Pictures Entertainment made an overall deal with Alan Spencer in 1991 with an emphasis on television, but Spencer wanted to try his hand at features. As part of the deal, Sony acquired a screenplay penned by Spencer from Weintraub Entertainment Group entitled Shattered Nerves. Spencer was attached to direct.[4]
