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The Scapular (1968)

The Scapular poster
Original title
El escapulario
Directed by
Servando González
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, horror film, war film, crime film, mystery film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people find a religious scapular that grants the wearer protection from death. The object reveals dark secrets and leads to supernatural events.

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What happens

El escapulario es una película de terror sobrenatural mexicana de 1968, dirigida por Servando González, a partir de un guion que escribió con Jorge Durán Chávez y Rafael García Travesi. Está protagonizada por Enrique Lizalde, Enrique Aguilar, Carlos Cardán, y Federico Falcón. La trama gira en torno a los secretos y los poderes mágicos concedidos por un escapulario, que le permite al portador salvaguardar su propia vida. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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