The Gold Bug

Year: 1980

Runtime: 45 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Fuest

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After the Civil War, a boy exploring Sullivan’s Island off Charleston meets two obsessive eccentrics. They drive him away, warn him never to return, then summon him back when they realize he unknowingly holds a key clue to their pirate‑treasure hunt. Pursuing the loot, he falls under their obsession and a curse, with eerie electronic music in dread.

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