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Killing Words (2003)
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Original name: Palabras encadenadas
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, twisted, psychological horror, creepy, mind blowing ...
Plot:
abduction, serial killer, psychopath, videotaping, murder, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, woman in danger, vengeance, haunted by the past, monologue, twists and turns, psychology, murder investigation, health, professor, basement, confession, ex husband ex wife relationship, revenge, kidnapping, divorce, interrogation, murder suspect, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, contemporary, 1990s
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
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