CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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The First Power posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1990 1h 38m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

A sadistic serial killer, Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober), known by most as the Pentagram Killer, is at large in Los Angeles, killing innocent people as a Human sacrifice to Satan. His specific Modus operandi is engraving a pentagram symbol into the flesh of his victims before killing them.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson

Det. Oliver Franklin

Clayton Landey

Mazza

David Gale

Monsignor

Philip Abbott

Cardinal

Tracy Griffith

Tess Seaton

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips

Det. Russell Logan

Jeff Kober

Jeff Kober

Patrick Channing

Dennis Lipscomb

Commander Perkins