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530:clairvoyant
270:horror film
190:Warner Bros
102:Produced by
80:Cold Terror
41:Directed by
1406:1974 films
1400:Categories
1377:Marco Polo
1369:Blackbeard
1217:Motel Hell
963:I, Monster
615:References
564:Charles II
548:Ian Ogilvy
501:Diana Dors
480:Ian Bannen
392:possessing
224:97 minutes
208:1974-02-23
171:Production
132:Diana Dors
128:Ian Bannen
92:1971 story
83:1973 story
71:1974 story
1329:Santa Jr.
1096:Dominique
867:The Skull
821:Films by
653:26 August
484:Pay Corps
454:as Pamela
388:elemental
362:Pay Corps
267:anthology
152:Edited by
146:Alan Hume
1064:See also
1021:Madhouse
751:AllMovie
629:(2022).
603:See also
597:Allmovie
570:Epilogue
542:The Door
407:Epilogue
398:The Door
338:Prologue
315:(1972),
309:(1970),
303:(1967),
297:(1965),
248:£203,941
237:Language
160:Music by
116:Starring
61:Based on
771:at the
760:at the
687:Filmink
240:English
229:Country
206: (
173:company
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1292:(1995)
1284:(1993)
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1260:(1987)
1252:(1987)
1244:(1984)
1236:(1982)
1228:(1981)
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1212:(1979)
1204:(1978)
1196:(1977)
1188:(1976)
1180:(1976)
1172:(1974)
1164:(1974)
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1099:(1979)
1091:(1977)
1083:(1968)
1075:(1960)
1056:(1977)
1048:(1976)
1040:(1974)
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1024:(1974)
1016:(1974)
1008:(1973)
1000:(1973)
992:(1972)
988:Asylum
982:(1972)
974:(1972)
966:(1971)
958:(1971)
950:(1970)
942:(1970)
934:(1969)
926:(1967)
918:(1967)
910:(1967)
902:(1967)
894:(1967)
886:(1966)
878:(1966)
870:(1965)
862:(1965)
854:(1965)
846:(1963)
838:(1962)
707:6 July
371:effigy
326:(1973)
319:(1972)
317:Asylum
245:Budget
272:from
731:IMDb
709:2012
655:2024
424:Cast
333:Plot
321:and
784:at
749:at
738:at
729:at
73:by
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288:.
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1133:t
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