I, Madman (1989)

In the pulsating heart of Los Angeles, Virginia, an ambitious librarian and budding actress, finds her world transforming into a realm of nightmares. She navigates the labyrinth of a used bookstore, where the whispers of forgotten tales fill her days, and her nights are consumed by her detective boyfriend Richard's crime-laden tales. Her life takes an ominous turn when she stumbles upon a chilling horror novel, "I, Madman," authored by the enigmatic Malcolm Brand. The book unravels the grotesque tale of Dr. Alan Kessler, a deranged physician who harvests pieces of his victims in a terrifying quest of disfigured love. He slices off noses, ears, and locks of hair, grafting them onto his face in a twisted attempt to win the heart of his obsession. The words crawl under Virginia's skin, her fascination growing, as she's drawn into the book's eerie narrative. However, the line between fiction and reality blurs frighteningly as she discovers the book's gruesome events bleeding into her world. Each time she dares to open the haunting pages, the monstrous doctor seems to leap from its confines, his presence looming closer in her reality. As Virginia tries to sound the alarm to Richard, her claims are dismissed as the product of an overactive imagination. But the fear that encircles her is as real as the looming threat of Dr. Kessler, who seems to have marked her as his next victim. As the terror of the book takes hold of her life, Virginia must fight to keep her reality from spiraling into the horrifying world of "I, Madman," while racing against time to save herself from becoming the next gruesome chapter in the non-fictional horror story.

I, Madman is a horror movie featuring Jenny Wright.

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