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Trauma (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In the darkness of the night, a murderous hand of an unseen killer vioIently forces a woman under cold, bIack waters, sending the victim to a ghastIy death. Emmaline, the beautiful niece of the murdered woman, witnesses the kilIing and experiences a brutal emotionaI trauma that causes total memory loss. Years later, Emmaline tries to put the unsolved murder behind her and returns to the family mansion with her conniving new husband, his nephew Craig and caretaker Luther. Sinister events begin to unfoId as Emmaline fights to reclaim her memory. Craig begins investigating and discovers a link between EmmaIine and the vast fortune that may be a motive for the murder. lt becomes clear that Emmaline must recover her suppressed memories... before the killer makes her his next victim.
An eerie suspense thriller, Trauma was released in the post-Psycho era and possesses the same haunting quaIities of other thrillers from the '60s like Dementia 13 and Homicidal. Director Robert M. Young is best known for his television fiIms (Ghost Of Flight 401) and as a TV writer ("Kojak" and "lt Takes a Thief"). Young also wrote the story for the 1963 low-budget thriller, The CrawIing Hand. Lynn Bari, a busy performer throughout the '30s and '40s, appears as victim HeIen Garrison, one of her finaI fiIm appearances. Actor John Conte was featured in Man With The GoIden Arm and was the host for many years on the NBC Matinee Theater. |
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