
Psycho III(1986)
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.


“LOVE and MURDER are the two consuming passions of the Rue Morgue!”
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.

Jason Robards
Cesar Charron

Herbert Lom
Rene Marot

Christine Kaufmann
Madeleine Charron

Adolfo Celi
Inspector Vidocq

Maria Perschy
Genevre

Michael Dunn
Pierre Triboulet

Lilli Palmer
Mrs. Charron

Peter Arne
Aubert
Rosalind Elliot
Gabrielle
Marshall Jones
Luigi Orsini
Murders in the Rue Morgue is a crime, horror, thriller, mystery, romance film released in 1971 exploring themes of prostitute, paris, france, england, psychopath, haunted house, phantom. Directed by Gordon Hessler, it stars Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann. In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
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