---
title: 'Thinner (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tom Holland'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/thinner-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117894/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Thinner (1996)

1996 · 88 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

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 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tom Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-holland)
- **Screenplay:** [Stephen King](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-king), [Tom Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-holland), [Michael McDowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mcdowell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniel Licht](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-licht)
- **Producer:** [Richard P. Rubinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-p-rubinstein), [Mitchell Galin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-galin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kees Van Oostrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/kees-van-oostrum)

## Cast

- [Time Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/time-winters)
- [Joe Mantegna](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-mantegna)
- [Michael Constantine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-constantine)
- [Elizabeth Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-franz)
- [Todd Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-tucker)
- [Peter Maloney](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-maloney)
- [Sam Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-freed)
- [Robert John Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-john-burke)
- [Kari Wuhrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-wuhrer)
- [Lucinda Jenney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucinda-jenney)
- [Stephen King](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-king)
- [Daniel von Bargen](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-von-bargen)
- [Bethany Joy Lenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bethany-joy-lenz)
- [Josh Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-lucas)

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