Twisted Tales (1996)

Director
Kate Dennis

Main cast
Bryan Brown; Rachel Ward; Geoffrey Rush; Loren Coleman; Ronan Paterson

Genres
Thriller

Description
In a prelude to the series of the same name, Bryan Brown introduces stories of the bizarre and the supernatural. Sometimes serious, often comical, but always with a twist at the end of the story.


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