Beasts: The Dummy

Beasts: The Dummy

1976 · 60 min · ★ 4.2 · Horror, TV Movie, Drama, Mystery

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.

Directed by Don Leaver · Written by Nigel Kneale

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