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MOVIE · 1973

Death Smiles on a Murderer

CrimeDramaHorrorMysteryRomanceThriller97 min

After being abused by her brother and abandoned by her aristocratic lover, Greta dies in childbirth, then returns from the grave to confront the people who left her there. Ewa Aulin is Greta, whose death sets off a chain of obsession, occult ritual, and vengeance. Klaus Kinski’s Franz, torn between grief and possessiveness, uses a formula tied to an ancient Incan medallion to reanimate his sister, drawing the Ravensbrück family into a morbid feud of desire, guilt, and murder. Joe D’Amato’s Italian horror film blends gothic melodrama with a revenge story steeped in death and decay.

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