Stephen king
Horror
1996
Thinner (1996) - Maleficio
DIRECTOR: Tom Holland
CAST/REPARTO: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, Joy Lenz, Stephen King
STORYLINE: A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
SINOPSIS: Billy es un abogado obeso que no muestra demasiados escrúpulos a la hora de aceptar clientes. Un día, mientras vuelve en coche de una fiesta acompañado de su mujer, atropella a una anciana gitana. Ésta muere y el abogado es absuelto en el juicio.