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Dark Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Mouthpiece
1932 · Drama
Peppermint Frappé
1967 · Drama
The White Reindeer
1952 · Horror
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Romance
That Splendid November
1969 · Drama
Back from the Dead
1957 · Horror
Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Drama
The Dragon’s Blood
1958 · Adventure
The Return of Dracula
1958 · Horror
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · History
Cairo Station
1958 · Crime
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Thriller
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Music
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Drama
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Romance
Night of the Blood Beast
1958 · Horror
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · Drama
From Hell It Came
1957 · Horror
Devi
1960 · Drama
Snow Fall
2024 · Drama
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · History
The Valley of the Bees
1968 · History
Branded to Kill
1967 · Thriller
I Accuse My Parents
1944 · Drama
The Witches
1966 · Drama
Johnny Belinda
1948 · Drama
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Western
The Monkey’s Paw
1933 · Horror
Lizzie
1957 · Drama
La Chienne
1931 · Crime
Atom Age Vampire
1960 · Horror
Vendetta
1950 · Drama
A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
1968 · Western
League of Gangsters
1963 · Action
The Mummy’s Ghost
1944 · Horror
The Ware Case
1938 · Drama
I Bury the Living
1958 · Horror
The Red House
1947 · Drama
Jamaica Inn
1939 · Thriller
Laughter in the Dark
1969 · Drama
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