Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989) Genel Bakış Tales from the Crypt, HBO çatısı altında 1989 yılında yayın hayatına başlayan ve kısa sürede kült statüsüne ulaşan bir korku-antoloji dizisidir. EC Comics'in efsanevi çizgi romanlarından ilh…
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Genel Bakış
Tales from the Crypt, HBO çatısı altında 1989 yılında yayın hayatına başlayan ve kısa sürede kült statüsüne ulaşan bir korku-antoloji dizisidir. EC Comics'in efsanevi çizgi romanlarından ilham alınarak hazırlanan yapım, her bölümde kendi içinde tamamlanan bağımsız hikayeler sunar. Dizinin en tanınmış unsurlarından biri, bölümleri sunan ve kara mizahla dolu yorumlar yapan animatronik "Crypt Keeper" karakteridir. Yapımcılar arasında Robert Zemeckis, Richard Donner, Walter Hill ve Joel Silver gibi Hollywood'un önde gelen isimlerinin bulunması, dizinin kalitesini ve görsel zenginliğini önemli ölçüde artırmıştır. Bu güçlü yapımcı kadrosu sayesinde dizi, televizyon standartlarının ötesinde sinematik bir kaliteye ulaşmıştır.
Diziye konuk oyuncu olarak katılan Paul Benedict, antolojinin karakteristik yapısına uygun şekilde belirli bir bölümde unutulmaz bir performans sergilemiştir. Benedict'in tiyatral geçmişinden gelen oyunculuk tarzı, karakterlere kazandırdığı derinlik ve ironik anlatım biçimi, Tales from the Crypt'in genel atmosferine son derece uygun düşmüştür. Dizinin yedi sezon boyunca sürdürdüğü kalite, onu 1980'lerin sonu ve 1990'ların televizyon korku janrının en önemli temsilcilerinden biri haline getirmiştir.
Konu
Dizinin temel yapısı, her bölümün kendi başına bir hikaye anlatmasına dayanır. Crypt Keeper adlı iskelet anlatıcı, izleyicilere kara mizah dolu bir dille yeni bir korku hikayesi sunar. Bu hikayeler genellikle insan doğasının karanlık yönlerini, açgözlülüğü, ihaneti, intikamı ve ahlaki çöküşü merkeze alır. Karakterler çoğunlukla kendi kötü niyetli planlarının kurbanı olurlar ve hikayeler beklenmedik, genellikle ironik bir final ile sonlanır.
Antoloji formatı sayesinde her bölüm farklı bir tür karışımı sunabilir; bazen klasik korku, bazen kara komedi, bazen de gerilim ağırlıklı bir anlatım öne çıkar. Bu çeşitlilik, dizinin uzun soluklu bir seri olmasına rağmen tekrara düşmeden farklı temaları işlemesine olanak tanımıştır. Konuk oyuncu kadrosunun genişliği de bu çeşitliliği desteklemiş, her bölümde farklı oyuncuların farklı karakterlere hayat vermesiyle zengin bir performans yelpazesi ortaya çıkmıştır.
Neden İzlenmeli?
Tales from the Crypt, hem korku türünün klasik unsurlarını hem de kara mizahı ustalıkla harmanlayan nadir yapımlardan biridir. Dizinin en büyük gücü, her bölümün bağımsız bir sinema deneyimi gibi tasarlanmış olmasıdır. İzleyici, bir sezonun tamamını takip etmek zorunda kalmadan istediği bölümden başlayabilir ve tatmin edici bir hikaye deneyimi yaşayabilir.
Yapımın arkasındaki yaratıcı ekibin sinema dünyasından gelen isimlerden oluşması, görsel yönetmenlik ve atmosfer kurgusu açısından diziye ciddi bir kalite katmıştır. Ayrıca dönemin birçok ünlü oyuncusunun konuk rol almış olması, izleyiciye sürpriz performanslar keşfetme fırsatı sunar. Paul Benedict gibi karakter oyunculuğuyla tanınan isimlerin bu antolojiye kattığı nüanslar, dizinin oyunculuk kalitesinin ne denli çeşitli ve zengin olduğunu gösterir.
Kara mizah sevenler için Crypt Keeper'ın sunumları başlı başına bir eğlence kaynağıdır. Korku unsurlarının yanı sıra sosyal eleştiri, ironi ve absürt komedi öğeleri de dizinin izleyiciyi sürekli tetikte tutmasını sağlar.
Kimler İçin Uygun?
Bu dizi, klasik korku antolojilerini seven, kısa ve öz hikayelerden keyif alan izleyiciler için idealdir. Twilight Zone veya Alfred Hitchcock Presents gibi antoloji formatlarına aşina olanlar, Tales from the Crypt'te benzer bir tatmin bulacaktır. Kara mizahı seven, klasik korku klişelerinin zekice tersyüz edildiği anlatılardan hoşlananlar için de büyük bir keyif kaynağıdır.
Ancak dizinin içerdiği yoğun şiddet, gore sahneleri ve zaman zaman rahatsız edici temalar nedeniyle hassas izleyiciler için uygun olmayabilir. Yetişkin içerik barındıran bu yapım, özellikle 1980'lerin sonu estetiğine ve retro korku anlayışına ilgi duyanlar için özel bir keyif sunar.
Artılar ve Eksiler
Artılar:
1. Antoloji formatı sayesinde her bölüm bağımsız ve tatmin edici bir hikaye sunar.
2. Yönetmen ve yapımcı kadrosunun sinema kalitesinde bir prodüksiyon ortaya çıkarmıştır.
3. Geniş ve yetenekli konuk oyuncu kadrosu, her bölümde farklı performanslar sunar.
Eksiler:
1. Bazı bölümlerin kalitesi diğerlerine kıyasla daha zayıf kalabilir, tutarlılık her zaman sağlanamamıştır.
2. Yoğun şiddet ve gore öğeleri, her izleyici kitlesine hitap etmeyebilir.
Tür ve Ton
Dizi, korku ve kara mizahı bir arada sunan hibrit bir tondadır. Klasik korku unsurlarının yanı sıra ironik ve zaman zaman absürt bir anlatım tarzı benimsenmiştir. Crypt Keeper'ın alaycı sunumları, hikayelerin ciddiyetini dengeleyerek izleyiciye hem gerilim hem de eğlence sunan bir denge yaratır. Genel ton, EC Comics'in orijinal ruhuna sadık kalarak grotesk ama eğlenceli bir atmosfer inşa eder.
Süre ve İzleme Deneyimi
Her bölüm yaklaşık 25-30 dakika sürmektedir, bu da diziyi hızlı tüketilebilir kılar. Yedi sezon boyunca devam eden yapım, izleyicilere esnek bir izleme deneyimi sunar; bölümler arası bağımsızlık sayesinde belirli bir sıralama takip etme zorunluluğu yoktur. Bu format, günün yorgunluğunu atmak isteyenler için kısa ama etkili bir korku molası sağlar.
Benzer Yapımlar
- Twilight Zone (1959)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
- Black Mirror (2011)
- The Outer Limits (1963)
Son Değerlendirme
Tales from the Crypt, korku ve kara mizahı ustalıkla harmanlayan, televizyon tarihinin en özgün antoloji dizilerinden biridir. Güçlü yapımcı kadrosu, geniş konuk oyuncu yelpazesi ve Crypt Keeper'ın ikonik anlatıcılığı sayesinde dizi, yayınlandığı dönemin ötesine geçen bir etki yaratmıştır. Paul Benedict gibi yetenekli oyuncuların katkılarıyla zenginleşen bu antoloji, klasik korku severler için mutlaka izlenmesi gereken bir yapım olarak öne çıkmaktadır.
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1996 Sezon 1 · 4 bölüm
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· 10.06.1989
· 76 dk
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· 21.06.1989
· 29 dk
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Collection Completed
· 28.06.1989
· 28 dk
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Sezon 2 · 16 bölüm
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Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards
· 21.04.1990
· 73 dk
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'Til Death
· 24.04.1990
· 27 dk
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· 01.05.1990
· 28 dk
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The Thing From The Grave
· 08.05.1990
· 22 dk
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The Sacrifice
· 15.05.1990
· 28 dk
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For Cryin' Out Loud
· 22.05.1990
· 28 dk
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Four-Sided Triangle
· 29.05.1990
· 29 dk
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· 05.06.1990
· 24 dk
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Judy, You're Not Yourself Today
· 12.06.1990
· 29 dk
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Fitting Punishment
· 19.06.1990
· 27 dk
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Korman's Kalamity
· 26.06.1990
· 28 dk
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Lower Berth
· 03.07.1990
· 26 dk
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Mute Witness to Murder
· 10.07.1990
· 26 dk
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Television Terror
· 17.07.1990
· 22 dk
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My Brother's Keeper
· 24.07.1990
· 25 dk
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The Secret
· 31.07.1990
· 26 dk
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Sezon 3 · 12 bölüm
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Loved to Death / Carrion Death / The Trap
· 15.06.1991
· 80 dk
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Abra Cadaver
· 19.06.1991
· 30 dk
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Top Billing
· 26.06.1991
· 28 dk
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Dead Wait
· 03.07.1991
· 30 dk
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The Reluctant Vampire
· 10.07.1991
· 30 dk
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Easel Kill Ya
· 17.07.1991
· 28 dk
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Undertaking Palor
· 24.07.1991
· 26 dk
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Mournin' Mess
· 31.07.1991
· 27 dk
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Split Second
· 07.08.1991
· 28 dk
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Deadline
· 14.08.1991
· 28 dk
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Spoiled
· 21.08.1991
· 29 dk
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Yellow
· 28.08.1991
· 40 dk
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Sezon 4 · 12 bölüm
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None But the Lonely Heart / This'll Kill Ya / On a Deadman's Chest
· 27.06.1992
· 83 dk
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Seance
· 04.07.1992
· 25 dk
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Beauty Rest
· 11.07.1992
· 30 dk
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What's Cookin'
· 22.07.1992
· 28 dk
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The New Arrival
· 25.07.1992
· 27 dk
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Showdown
· 01.08.1992
· 25 dk
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King of the Road
· 08.08.1992
· 28 dk
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Maniac At Large
· 19.08.1992
· 28 dk
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Split Personality
· 26.08.1992
· 28 dk
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Strung Along
· 02.09.1992
· 28 dk
An aging puppeteer gets a new assistant. When he learns that his wife has a boyfriend, the assistant promises he'll do something about it. The puppeteer spends…
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Werewolf Concerto
· 09.09.1992
· 24 dk
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Curiosity Killed
· 16.09.1992
· 27 dk
A man asks his friend to keep a youth potion away from his wife. When she suspects that they are trying to kill her, she kills them first and drinks the potion …
Sezon 5 · 11 bölüm
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Death of Some Salesmen / As Ye Sow / Forever Ambergris
· 02.10.1993
· 84 dk
A sneaky con man has a talent for killing people after he sells them phony tombstones. He soon learns that some for his new victims have a fortune buried in the…
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Food for Thought
· 06.10.1993
· 25 dk
Zambini is a circus mind-controlling psychic who controls his beautiful helper with his telepathic powers. One day he learns that she has a crush on the fire ea…
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People Who Live in Brass Hearses
· 13.10.1993
· 27 dk
Billy is a smalltime criminal who is bloody red for vengeance. Years ago, his boss at an icecream warehouse double crossed him by sending him to prison. Now he …
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Two for the Show
· 20.10.1993
· 27 dk
A man slaughters his wife who he believes is having an affair. He drags her body and puts it in the bathtub. The police arrive and he refuses to let them near t…
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House of Horror
· 27.10.1993
· 29 dk
Les Whilton is the president of a college fraternity. He decides to scare three pledges by daring them to spend a night in a haunted house. He and some of his f…
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Well Cooked Hams
· 03.11.1993
· 27 dk
A frustrated magician comes across a true genius. He decides to kill him and steal his magic, but he finds himself in big trouble and it's going to be the last …
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Creep Course
· 10.11.1993
· 28 dk
Reggie is a college jock who is trying to pass a history test. He asks the class bookworm Stella Bishop to help tutor him. She goes to Finely's house to to get …
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Came the Dawn
· 17.11.1993
· 26 dk
In this version of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a young woman who is also a thief is picked up by a man driving by. He takes her up to his place. There she hears …
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Oil's Well That Ends Well
· 24.11.1993
· 27 dk
A con artist and his girlfriend plan their next caper by tricking some southern boys into thinking there is oil underneath a cemetery. Their plans work. She mak…
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Half-Way Horrible
· 01.12.1993
· 29 dk
Roger Lassen is a manufacturer who kills his friend by burying him alive in the South American jungle to finish the development of a chemical preservative. He's…
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Till Death Do We Part
· 08.12.1993
· 26 dk
A male escort is engaged to an aging woman. One day she discovers him flirting with a younger woman. She forces him to kill her in front of her. Instead he kill…
Sezon 6 · 13 bölüm
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Let the Punishment Fit the Crime / Only Skin Deep / Whirlpool
· 31.10.1994
· 67 dk
An ambulance-chasing lawyer finds herself in a nightmare court when she is hauled in for having too many digits on her license plate. She finds her self going t…
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Operation Friendship
· 09.11.1994
· 25 dk
Nelson is a computer genius who is letting his boss take credit for his ideas. Meanwhile his childhood imaginary pal Eddie tries to get Nelson to stand up to hi…
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Revenge Is the Nuts
· 16.11.1994
· 27 dk
A run-down shelter for the blind is owned by a cruel man. He abuses the patients there and won't give them respect. A new blind girl, Shelly, arrives the owner …
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The Bribe
· 23.11.1994
· 26 dk
Zoeller is a fire marshal who wants a strip club closed down. He wants to get revenge on it's sneaky owner and his pal for letting his offspring dance there. Zo…
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The Pit
· 30.11.1994
· 27 dk
Two men who are longtime rivals go head to head in a grudge match. But, the real fight isn't between them, it's between their feuding wives. When the two men re…
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The Assassin
· 07.12.1994
· 26 dk
Janet is a suburban wife of an ex-CIA assassin. When a group of operatives invade her home, they seem to think her husband is up to his old tricks again. The le…
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Staired in Horror
· 14.12.1994
· 25 dk
Clyde is a fugitive who holes up in a house occupied by an elderly woman. One night he finds an attractive woman upstairs, but he discovers it's the same woman.…
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In the Groove
· 21.12.1994
· 27 dk
Gary Grover is a frustrated talk radio DJ. His boss, who is also his sister, hired a sexy looker with a talent for talking dirty. One day Gary goes ballistic an…
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Surprise Party
· 28.12.1994
· 25 dk
A young man kills his father to inherit an old burned down house. When he arrives, he gets a very unusual surprise. He discovers that there's a party there wait…
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Doctor of Horror
· 04.01.1995
· 25 dk
Richard and Charlie are security guards working in a morgue. They are offered five hundred dollars by a doctor who is trying to capture the soul of each dying p…
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Comes the Dawn
· 11.01.1995
· 26 dk
Two poachers are out hunting bear in Alaska. They seek the help of a woman who leads them into a dorm. The men decide that they don't need her anymore but the C…
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99 & 44/100% Pure Horror
· 18.01.1995
· 23 dk
Willa is a married artist who is pushed around by her ad campaign husband. When his company decides to drop her idea, Willa plans to come up with a new idea but…
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You, Murderer
· 25.01.1995
· 28 dk
Lou Spinielli is an ex-criminal who wants to escape from his past. He hires Oscar, a plastic surgeon to sculpt his face in the form of Humphrey Bogart's. When h…
Sezon 7 · 13 bölüm
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Fatal Caper
· 19.04.1996
· 29 dk
Two adult brothers come to blows over the the fortune of their wealthy father, whose interests are protected by a lovely young woman with questionable loyalties…
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Last Respects
· 26.04.1996
· 25 dk
Three bickering sisters left in charge of their late father's struggling curiosity shop come into possession of a cursed monkey's paw, and try to use it to thei…
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A Slight Case of Murder
· 03.05.1996
· 27 dk
A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist and her jealous former husband when he accuses her of having a love affair with her nosy neighb…
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Escape
· 17.05.1996
· 26 dk
A traitor in the second World War is restricted to a prison camp and one of the men he betrayed is transported to the camp and promises to reveal his identity.
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Horror in the Night
· 24.05.1996
· 27 dk
A double-crossing jewel thief is shot and hides out in a hotel where he starts to hallucinate about a mysterious beautiful woman.
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Cold War
· 31.05.1996
· 26 dk
After losing their friend Cutter in a botched robbery, Ford and Cammy, a wild young Londoner crime couple, split up and Cammy finds a new lover, Jimmy. Jealous,…
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The Kidnapper
· 07.06.1996
· 25 dk
A young man takes in a pregnant woman and falls in love with her but becomes jealous when her baby is born so he sets out to get rid of the kid forever.
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Report from the Grave
· 14.06.1996
· 27 dk
A scientist named Elliot invents a way to read memories of the dead. To test the device, Elliot and his girlfriend Arianne break into the crypt of a dead serial…
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Smoke Wrings
· 21.06.1996
· 26 dk
A young man with a strange device is hired onto an advertising company by an esteemed executive--but what the exec doesn't know is that the young man is in caho…
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About Face
· 28.06.1996
· 26 dk
A sleazy minister in Victorian England gets a nasty surprise when he discovers he previously fathered twin daughters.
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Confession
· 05.07.1996
· 28 dk
Evans, a sly horror screenwriter suspected in a series of grisly murders of women whose heads were taken by the killer as trophies is interrogated by Jack Lynch…
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Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow
· 12.07.1996
· 27 dk
A greedy safe cracker with a slight hearing loss gets entangled in a game between a mobster and his beautiful, exotic wife and ends up getting the auditory syst…
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The Third Pig
· 19.07.1996
· 25 dk
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