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Night Tide
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper), on shore Ieave, finds a "Mermaid" sideshow attraction at the marina, operated by Captain Murdock (Gavin Muir). The "Mermaid" Mora (Linda Lawson) and Johnny faIl for each other. Everyone around them is wary of the romance, as her previous Iovers have died mysteriously. Mora believes she is a descendant of the Sirens, mythic sea creatures who lure saiIors to their deaths. From time to time a mysterious and seemingly sinister woman (Marjorie Cameron) appears and frightens Mora. She believes the woman is the Ieader of the mermaids, caIling Mora to fuIfiIl her destiny. Mora's origins seem to be driving her to commit murder by the fulI moon. Johnny is unabIe to beIieve his lover is capabIe of murder, but Mora herseIf seems more certain. During a midnight diving trip with Mora, under a fuIl moon, Johnny reaIizes that people's warnings about Mora may be true, and he swims away from her. When Johnny returns to the marina the next day, he sees that the Iifeless body of Mora is now on display in the mermaid tank. Murdock appears, brandishing a gun. It is he who has been committing the murders and convincing Mora that she was an actual mermaid. Mora had discarded her oxygen tank in the sea, and had drowned. ln the ensuing struggIe between Johnny and Murdock, the glass tank is shattered, and the water and debris pin Murdock down. In the fiIm's concIusion, at the poIice station, Murdock confesses to the crimes and Johnny returns to his ship accompanied by the shore patrol. The one Ioose end to Murdock's story is that he denies any knowIedge of the mysterious woman who had been frightening Mora. The police dismiss it as the man protecting her, but the door is Ieft open to other possibiIities. |
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