Thinner

Based On the book by Stephen King

Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) and stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna. In the film, an obese lawyer who accidentally kills a Romani woman is cursed by the woman's father to rapidly lose weight. Thinner was released in the United States on October 25, 1996, by Paramount Pictures.

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Release date:

1996

Director:

Tom Holland

Cast:

Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, Bethany Joy Lenz

Genre:

Horror

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1996 in adaptations