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The Playground

(1982)
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SYNOPSIS;THE PEOPLE OF GOODES CROSSING-MYSTICS AND MEDIUMS,SOME CHARLATANS,SOME NOT-SETTLED IN THIS QUAINT OLD TOWN TO PLY THEIR TRADE.BUT ALL OF THEM ARE DABBLING DANGEROUSLY WITH FORCES THEY CANNOT BEGIN TO COMPREHEND-UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.THE HORROR BEGINS QUIETLY ENOUGH.A STRANGER AT THE DOOR.AN UNFAMILIAR HAND,REACHING.THE STRANGE,DEMONIC CHILDREN-SMILING,LAUGHINGCROUCHING,HIDING.AND THEN THE VIOLENT STORMS.SOMETHING EVIL HAS COME TO GOODE'S CROSSING,SOMETHING AGAINST WHICH THERE IS NO DEFENSE.SOMETHING THAT DESCENDS LIKE A HUNGRY SHADOW-LURKING BENEATH THE WOODEN PORCHES,WHISTLING THROUGH THE TREES,TO CLAIM THE CHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND


Genre: Horror

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