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Dream No Evil (1970)

Dream No Evil poster
Directed by
John Hayes
Genre
horror, drama, mystery
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman was adopted and raised by a traveling evangelist group. She becomes obsessively determined to find her birth father, leading to deadly consequences.

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What happens

Dream No Evil is a 1970 American horror film written and directed by John Hayes, and starring Edmond O'Brien, Brooke Mills, and Marc Lawrence. Its plot follows a young woman who, adopted and raised by a traveling evangelist group, develops a deadly obsession with locating her birth father. It was also released under the alternate titles The Faith Healer and Now I Lay Me Down to Die. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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