
The Boy Behind the Door(2020)
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.


“Last night I dreamt that they had returned. They were here again…”
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.

Angela Pleasence
Helen

Peter Vaughan
Brady

Lorna Heilbron
Anne

Nancy Nevinson
Hannah
Ronald O'Neil
John
Marie-Paule Mailleux
Cora

Mike Grady
Nick

Raymond Huntley
Burke
Symptoms is a horror film released in 1974. Directed by José Ramón Larraz, it stars Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron. A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
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