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...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Raphaël Delpard
  • Script: Raphaël Delpard, Richard Joffo
  • Cinematographer: Marcel Combes
  • Music: Laurent Petitgirard
  • 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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