Spirits of the Dead

Name: Spirits of the Dead
Director: Louis Malle
Released: 1968

Louis Malle

psychological horror guilt and redemption duality of human nature supernatural haunting moral corruption

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Synopsis

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

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