{
  "id": 17997071,
  "title": "‘Just Before Dawn’ Producer Prevails in Cult Horror Courtroom Drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/just-before-dawn-producer-prevails-in-cult-horror-courtroom-drama",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/just-before-dawn-cult-horror-courtroom-drama-1236935610/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A surreal legal battle unfolded last month in a courtroom in West Palm Beach, Fla., where a retired accountant faced off against a distributor of cult horror DVDs over ownership of a 1981 slasher film. The distributor, David DeFalco, goes by “The Demon” and taunted the accountant in a series of unhinged livestream videos, calling […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}