A Day of Judgment

A Day of Judgment

The Night HE Came to Collect His Own

R 1981 · 97 min · ★ 4.5 · Horror

In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness, and moralizing that may lead straight to Hell.

Directed by Charles Reynolds · Written by Tom McIntyre

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