The Night Holds Terror

The Night Holds Terror(1955)

"Three young, empty-eyed killers, without mercy or morals, turn a private home into a house of horror!"

5.5/10
21 votes
86 minJuly 13, 1955

Overview

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

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