Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)

Director
Jack Weis

Main cast
Curt Dawson; Gwen Arment; William Metzo; Laura Misch Owens; Cathryn Lacey

Genres
Horror

Description
Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.


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