Tom Atkins
Also Known As: Tommy Atkins
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tom Atkins (born November 13, 1935) is an American television and film actor. He is primarily known for his work in the horror film genre, having worked with writers and directors such as John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George A. Romero. He is also a familiar face to mainstream viewers, often playing police officers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Atkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: November 13, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
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Lethal Weapon
Overview: Buttoned-down veteran LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who — distraught after his wife's death — has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Escape from New York
Overview: In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-23
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The Fog
Overview: Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-07
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Overview: A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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Striking Distance
Overview: Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Action Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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In Search of Darkness: Part III
Overview: The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-25
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My Bloody Valentine
Overview: Ten years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-16
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Maniac Cop
Overview: Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-13
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Bruiser
Overview: Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, and does what he's supposed to do. But one morning, he wakes up to find his face is gone. All the years of acquiescence have cost him the one thing he can't replace: his identity. Now he's a blank, outside as well as in, an anonymous, featureless phantom. Bent on exacting revenge, he explodes. He isn't going to follow the rules anymore.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-13
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Two Evil Eyes
Overview: A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-25
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Night of the Creeps
Overview: In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Genres: Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-21
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Creepshow
Overview: Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a snack for a crated creature, a scheming husband, and a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-10
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Drive Angry
Overview: Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid capture, avenge his daughter's death, and save her baby before she's mercilessly sacrificed by the cult.
Genres: Fantasy Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-24
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The Ninth Configuration
Overview: Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-29
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The Chief
Overview: 1976- Step inside the cluttered office of Art Rooney and meet "The Chief." Come face to face with the guiding force behind the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hear Rooney's personal tales of faith, family, and football.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Murder Me, Murder You
Overview: Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-09
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Overview: An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Genres: Adventure Horror Thriller TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-28
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Skag
Overview: Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-06
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Judy's Dead
Overview: John and Molly return home to attend a funeral for their mother, Judy, after being estranged from their parents for more than a decade. Confrontations with their domineering father bring up past conflicts, and John and Molly struggle to come to terms with the death of a parent they never really knew. As the audience experiences the past from Judy's perspective, John and Molly learn there is more that connects them to their parents than they ever could have realized.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-16
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Trapped
Overview: The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-25
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Amazing Racer
Overview: After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Together they begin to win many races and upset the favorites, owned by an egocentric mogul . Through the victories and new friendships she forms, she learns to find her way back to happiness.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-23
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Overview: A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teenager living in a rehab center.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-08
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Sworn to Vengeance
Overview: 3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. He is very determined to solve the case and he even listens to a woman that had a vision about the murders.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-22
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What She Doesn't Know
Overview: An idealistic law school graduate comes to work in the New York D.A.'s office. Her first case leads her straight to her father, a veteran New York cop who may be involved in corruption.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-23
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A Death in Canaan
Overview: When a teenager is accused of his mother's murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-01
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Polybius
Overview: Based on the urban legend, a teenage girl tries to convince the local sheriff that a mysterious game cabinet caused her brother to commit suicide.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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The Detective
Overview: Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-28
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Serpico: The Deadly Game
Overview: This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
Overview: Details the making of Stephen King & George A. Romero's 1982 horror anthology classic, from conception through to completion.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-22
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Skeezer
Overview: A nurse-therapist uses her dog to reach emotionally disturbed children where she works.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-27
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Where’s Poppa?
Overview: When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-10
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Shell Game
Overview: A convicted con artist sets out to expose the head of a charity fund who has been embezzling money to cover his huge gambling losses.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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A Stranger Waits
Overview: Most men consider the widow Kate Bennington to be irresistible, but when she dives into a madly passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man, one of her secret admirers sets in motion a terrifying plan to end their relationship, forever.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-29
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Lemon Sky
Overview: An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-10
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The Collected
Overview: This is the third film in The Collector film series. Follow up to The Collection (2012) by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
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Bob Roberts
Overview: Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-04
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
Overview: Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever a feature length film has covered not only Tom's amazing career spanning over four decades, but his personal life as well.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Apocalypse Kiss
Overview: In this futuristic science fiction thriller, government security agent Jerry Hipple has been unsuccessfully tracking the city's most infamous criminal - The Red Harvest Killer. When two nomadic lovers, Katia and Gladys enter the city the death count rises and are being credited as Red Harvest killings. Obsessive compulsive Adrian, the actual Red Harvest Killer, becomes furious that the sexy serial killing duo are grabbing media attention under his alias. Not only does Adrian attempt to reclaim his rightful reputation but he also decides to cleverly aid his detective counterpart through the case. All the while, killers and victims alike are unaware the world is about to reach an abrupt catastrophic ending.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Turn of Faith
Overview: The story of three friends who grew up in the same tough neighborhood and chose three very different paths. Joey became a cop, Frank became a priest, and Bobby went into the family business. No matter what happened, their loyalty was always to each other... until their friendship was given the ultimate test. Philly Russo, a father figure to the three friends, turns out not to be the man they once thought he was.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-05
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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Overview: Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-20
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Out of the Black
Overview: Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-25
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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
Overview: Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a deadly mission in New York.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-23
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Blind Justice
Overview: Fact-based story about an innocent man who endured a 14 month nightmare. Arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and rape, he is forced to endure the ruthlessness of a police and legal system that becomes convinced that they have the right man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Overview: Retrospective documentary on the making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-18
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The New Kids
Overview: A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.
Genres: Drama Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-18
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The Heist
Overview: Ex-con Neal Skinner seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-16
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Fantasm
Overview: At 15 years old, Kyle Kuchta went to his first horror convention. Years later, he visits multiple cons to understand why these gatherings are so important to horror fans, vendors and celebrity guests.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-04
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Trick
Overview: A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Special Delivery
Overview: A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Overview: Follow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used in the films - seeing the effects on the local community. For the first time, cast, crew, critics and fans join together in the ultimate 'Halloween' retrospective.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-26
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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Overview: Story about a runner whose bulimia and anorexia threatens both her dream of competing in the Olympics and her marriage to Denver's mayor.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-24
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In Search of Darkness
Overview: An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-01
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In Search of Darkness: Part II
Overview: The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-06
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Dead Man Out
Overview: A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior during that time got more and more erratic is still mentally fit to be executed.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-12
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Overview: Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-14
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Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
Overview: True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-06
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Desperate Lives
Overview: A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-03
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The Owl and the Pussycat
Overview: Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-03
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Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Overview: Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-04
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Encounter
Overview: A group of friends uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-09
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