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An old HBO horror movie question?

HBO played this movie some 20+ years ago, so it wouldn't surprise me if this question is not answered about this movie.

The opening scene takes place in a court room. There's a Black female judge sitting on the bench - the camera focuses sharply on her pouring a tall glass of crystal-clear water; she takes a deep drink, and the scene continues, refocusing on the attorney's bickering.

The camera pans to the judge, as she has been repetively clearing her throat (possibly coughing: not certain). The baliff asks if she's okay, would she like some more water, and (in my mind's eye) she looks down, eyes filled with terror, at the partially-filled glass.

She begins to convulse, grasping at her throat, almost as if she can no longer inhale. Suddenly, there is the painfully load scream - a quick pan left to the court room audience: there's a woman standing with her hand over her (still screaming) mouth, pointing at the judge. Another quick pan, then zoom on the judge: there's blood coming out of her eyes, ears, (okay, all noticeable orifices).

The person on the witness stand recoils in horror, as the judge begins to convulse more...suddenly, she stops, but within a split-second of her stopping, her head explodes (no, not Scanners).

The plot of this movie is some disgruntled guy was out targeting judges because he either falsely accused of something, or the justice system did him an injustice. His method of attack was putting some undetectable to the eye chemical in their water. The chemical remained dormant until the water is consumed.

The climax is when a detective (doctor, reporter...not certain) discovers that guy's final assault was to contaminate a large splash fountain in front of the state's Supreme Court building, where (on this particular day) the judges' kids would have been (or were) out playing, but none had actually swallowed any of the water (presumed).

QUESTION: does anyone remember this movie, and if so: its title? For some odd reason, I thought Gene Simmons (KISS) was in it, but I've googled, even IMDbed his movies: none fit...thanks bunches!

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  • Cher Z
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Live Wire (1992)

    You can read more about it here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Wire_(film)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104743/

    Hope that helps!

  • ?
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    5 years ago

    perchance promenade evening? a team of little ones have been teasing a brother & sister....they ended up in an previous deserted development...they have been chasing the pair for the period of the development and trapped the girl close to a window and she or he fell out and the glass got here down and landed on her neck and she or he died. The revenge became candy and it occurred approximately 12 years later (perchance formerly or later). The killer began killing people who made her fall out the window on their "promenade evening". a pair became killed having intercourse in a van, one's head became chopped off, and that i can not bear in ideas the information of the others, notwithstanding if, it ended up being the brother of the girl that fell in the begining.

  • 1 decade ago

    Went through this HBO list, couldn't find anything like you described. Course I didn't check them all.

    http://www.imdb.com/company/co0008693/

    And here is the HBO catalog. Still didn't see what you've mentioned.

    http://www.hbo.com/films/catalog/a.html

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