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Dark Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Time Machine
1978 · Adventure
Orchestra Rehearsal
1978 · Drama
Watership Down
1978 · Adventure
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Horror
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 · Drama
Sigappu Rojakkal
1978 · Romance
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · History
Autumn Sonata
1978 · Drama
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Drama
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1978 · Drama
The Users
1978 · Drama
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1978 · Horror
Death on the Nile
1978 · Drama
Loggerheads
1978 · Comedy
Paradise Alley
1978 · Drama
Vayanadan Thampan
1978 · Action
The Avenging Eagle
1978 · Action
Dr. Strange
1978 · Fantasy
A Wedding
1978 · Comedy
Mardi Gras Massacre
1978 · Horror
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Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978 · Mystery
Cyclone
1978 · Horror
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978 · Adventure
The Grapes of Death
1978 · Horror
The Wild Geese
1978 · Action
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978 · History
The Comeback
1978 · Horror
Damien: Omen II
1978 · Horror
Absolution
1978 · Mystery
Despair
1978 · Thriller
Jennifer
1978 · Horror
It Lives Again
1978 · Horror
Martin
1978 · Drama
The End
1978 · Drama
Shoot the Sun Down
1978 · Western
Trishul
1978 · Action
Terror
1978 · Horror
Jaganmohini
1978 · Horror
The Manitou
1978 · Sci-Fi
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