The Appointment
Sci-Fi & Horror
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Drama, Holiday, Mystery, UR, 31-Dec-1982
Unable to attend his daughter’s violin recital, suburban father Ian (Edward Woodward, The Wicker Man) is haunted by a series of prophetic nightmares that seem to foresee a looming tragedy. Are dark forces gathering to be unleashed upon him?
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