Something in the Basement
1986-06-18 · 27 min · ★ 9.0
A youth waits for his brother to return home from a bloody war. He encounters something very nasty and evil in the basement of his house, claiming his older brother has in fact died.
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- Victor Salva
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- United States of America
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- Released
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