
The Big Shave(1967)
A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.


“He could be the boy next door...”
A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.

John Amplas
Martin Mathias

Lincoln Maazel
Tada Cuda

Christine Forrest
Christina
Elyane Nadeau
Abbie Santini

Tom Savini
Arthur

Francine Middleton
Train Victim

Roger Caine
Lewis

Sara Venable
Mrs. Willard

George A. Romero
Father Howard
Michael Gornick
Barry - Radio Talk Show Host
Martin is a horror, drama film released in 1978 exploring themes of vampire, flashback, murder, syringe, older woman younger man relationship, razor blade. Directed by George A. Romero, it stars John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest. A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.
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