Friday, 23 October 2026

820 Thinner (1996)

  A  Stephen King  adaptation , this concerns Richard Halleck ( Robert John Bourke ) , an obese and amoral lawyer who attracts a gypsy's curse to grow ever thinner after crony-ism gets him off a manslaughter charge. The make-up folks  rise to the technical challenge of  depicting his physical decline but in all other  respects it's  unsatisfying mainly due  to the sheer unattractiveness of all the main characters; there is no one for whom you can root.

Lucinda Jenney ( as Heidi )

Sex : Heidi gives Richard a blow job in his car

Death :  Dies after eating a poisoned pie


Lucinda  was born  on Long Island and her long acting career beegan on TV in 1979  in The  Doctors. She  first appeared on film in 1984  and began a long  run of small roles in successful movies including Peggy Sue Got Married, Bor On The 4th of July, Rain Man, Thelma and Louise and Leaving Las Vegas. She has had meatier roles in independent films and plenty of TV work.

Kari Wuhrer ( as Gina )

Sex : Gina sexually taunts Halleck

Death : Survives


Kari  is  from  Connecticut. She  has been a model and singer as well as an actress. She made her film debut in 1996  in the teen drama  Fire With Fire.. She  found  success in  TV with regular roles in Swamp Thing, Class of 96 and Sliders later in the decade.She seems to have been retired since 2018.

Bethany Joy Lenz ( as Linda )

Sex : No

Death : Alive at the end of the film but she has eaten some of the poisoned pie


Bethany was born in Hollywood and at 15 this was her first film. Her  main success has been on TV starting  with  Guiding Light between 1998 and 2000  but  most  notably  One Tree Hill between 2003 and 2012. She was  involved in a religious  cult for many years  and now supports an anti-exploitation charity. She is a recording artist but hasn't had much success.She is currently in the TV series Hope Valley 1874.


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