Shock (1977)

Director
Mario Bava

Main cast
Daria Nicolodi; John Steiner; David Colin Jr.; Ivan Rassimov; Paul Costello

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.


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