Night of the Huntsman

Night of the Huntsman

2021 · 10 min · ★ 10.0 · Crime, Thriller

The year: 1978. A fatal combination of a tenacious arachnid, the DNA Tower and gravity leaves our graduates with the dilemmas of having to deal with a very dead corpse and a very live ex-boyfriend.

Directed by James Dudfield

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