Retribution (1987)
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Directors
Guy Magar
Cast
Dennis Lipscomb, Leslie Wing, Suzanne Snyder, Jeff Pomerantz, George Murdock, Pamela Dunlap, Susan Peretz, Clare Peck
The story
On Halloween, two men both suffer horrific injuries at the same time: George Miller is hospitalized after he attempts suicide by jumping from a hotel roof, and Vito Minelli dies after being shot multiple times and then set on fire when he angers the mob by being unable to pay off his gambling debts. When George is revived and nursed back to health, he begins to have nightmares about Vito's life. His psychiatrist, Dr.
Genres
Horror, horror film
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Time travel 236Space 248Heists 704Spies 868Time loops 40Dreams 189Artificial intelligence 96Aliens 402Robots 63After the apocalypse 431Revenge 270Survival 198Conspiracies 223Missing persons 43Road trips 6Courtroom 164Prison 510Friendship 773Family relationships 3,979Identity 481
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