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House of the Living Dead (1974) Plot Summary Explained

Name: House of the Living Dead
Genre: Horror
Released: 1974-04-15
Duration: 87 min

Release, runtime and language: 1974 · 87 mins · English; #10,270 23
Directed by: Ray Austin
Starring: Shirley Anne Field, Mark Burns, Ronald France, Bill Flynn, David Oxley, Dia Sydow

It drives you mad before it kills! On a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate’s animals, then starting on the human members.

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