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520:23 December
377:as coachman
246:Peter Sykes
71:Produced by
45:Peter Sykes
41:Directed by
1590:1972 films
1584:Categories
1528:Television
1337:The Gorgon
1313:The Damned
815:Quatermass
573:"Deep End"
473:References
388:Production
327:Paul Jones
205:89 minutes
189:1972-11-05
142:Production
87:Paul Jones
51:Written by
1513:The Lodge
1489:Let Me In
1481:Wake Wood
1409:Crescendo
1345:Nightmare
1129:Cave Girl
1019:The Mummy
1010:The Mummy
417:and then
347:as priest
270:Anglo-EMI
150:Anglo-EMI
144:companies
123:Edited by
1570:Category
452:Time Out
438:wrote: "
368:as Ernst
341:as Klaus
323:as Hilda
229:£250,000
218:Language
131:Music by
83:Starring
61:Story by
1353:Fanatic
934:Dracula
924:Dracula
613:Sources
457:Wildean
359:as Inge
311:as Emil
305:as Zorn
221:English
210:Country
187: (
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1508:(2014)
1500:(2011)
1492:(2010)
1484:(2009)
1476:(2008)
1468:(1976)
1460:(1974)
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1428:(1971)
1420:(1971)
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1404:(1968)
1396:(1966)
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1364:(1965)
1356:(1965)
1348:(1964)
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1284:(1959)
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1268:(1959)
1260:(1957)
1252:(1956)
1233:(2014)
1225:(2012)
1204:(1971)
1196:(1971)
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1165:(1971)
1157:(1970)
1149:(1967)
1141:(1966)
1120:(1968)
1112:(1965)
1091:(2023)
1083:(1971)
1075:(1960)
1067:(1959)
1046:(1971)
1038:(1967)
1030:(1964)
1022:(1959)
1001:(1974)
993:(1973)
985:(1972)
977:(1970)
969:(1970)
961:(1968)
953:(1966)
945:(1960)
937:(1958)
914:(1974)
906:(1970)
898:(1969)
890:(1967)
882:(1964)
874:(1958)
866:(1957)
843:(1967)
835:(1957)
827:(1955)
759:(1981)
751:(1979)
743:(1976)
735:(1974)
727:(1973)
719:(1972)
711:(1971)
703:(1968)
627:
242:horror
226:Budget
807:Films
748:Jesus
708:Venom
404:Venom
651:IMDb
625:ISBN
522:2023
297:Cast
288:Plot
264:and
1109:She
1100:She
649:at
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