La Nuit de la mort! (1980) Directed by Raphaël Delpard
Horror / Fantasy
aka: Night of Death
Film Synopsis
Thanks to her boyfriend Serge, the likeable Martine finds work as a
care assistant in a hospice for old people named 'Doux
Séjour'. The day after Martine's arrival, the girl whom
she replaces, Nicole, suddenly goes missing without trace. It
turns out that the director of the home and her elderly inmates are in
fact a hoard of cannibalistic fiends that have lived for ages,
sustained by the flesh of a young person which is supplied to them once
a month by none other than Serge...
Cast: Isabelle Goguey (Martine),
Charlotte de Turckheim (Nicole),
Michel Flavius (Flavien),
Betty Beckers (Hélène),
Jean Ludow (Léon),
Jeannette Batti (Marie-Madeleine),
Michel Debrane (Jules),
Germaine Delbat (Florentine),
Georges Lucas (Pascal),
Denise Montréal (Emilia),
Ernest Menzer (Armand),
Pierre Helliet (Le laitier),
Michel Duchezeau (Serge),
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (Le voyou),
Richard Joffo (L'homme dans la voiture),
Nicole Landan (La femme dans la voiture),
Alain Tissier
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 91 min
Aka:Night of Death
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