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Movies with a Bleak Ending: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Assassination
1972 · Thriller
The Flesh and Blood Show
1972 · Thriller
The Blood Spattered Bride
1972 · Horror
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · Comedy
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 · Horror
The Ruling Class
1972 · Drama
Blacula
1972 · Fantasy
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
1972 · Mystery
Deliverance
1972 · Adventure
Fear in the Night
1972 · Mystery
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · Mystery
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
1972 · Drama
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972 · History
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
1972 · Horror
Toys Are Not for Children
1972 · Drama
The Other
1972 · Drama
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Horror
Tower of Evil
1972 · Horror
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 · Drama
St. Michael Had a Rooster
1972 · History
Images
1972 · Thriller
Street Mobster
1972 · Crime
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · Comedy
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 · Western
Crucible of Terror
1972 · Horror
Tombs of the Blind Dead
1972 · Horror
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Drama
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Sci-Fi
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Drama
Frogs
1972 · Sci-Fi
Tales from the Crypt
1972 · Horror
What Have You Done to Solange?
1972 · Horror
The Seduction of Mimi
1972 · Comedy
Evil Come Evil Go
1972 · Horror
Caliber 9
1972 · Action
The Glass House
1972 · Drama
The Jerusalem File
1972 · Drama
Madame Sin
1972 · Thriller
A Thief in the Night
1972 · Drama
Corky
1972 · Action
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