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Second Name (2002)

Second Name poster
Original title
El segundo nombre
Directed by
Paco Plaza
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
M/16
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman investigates her father's unexplained death. She uncovers a secret cult that demands the lives of firstborn children.

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What happens

Second Name (Spanish: El segundo nombre) is a 2002 Spanish horror film directed by Paco Plaza. Based on the 2001 horror novel Pact of the Fathers by Ramsey Campbell, the English-language film was Plaza's directorial fiction feature debut. It follows a woman's (Erica Prior) investigation of her father's suicide, leading to a cult who sacrifice their firstborn offspring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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