The Horror Vault 3 (2010)

Director
James Barclay; David C. Hayes; Dave Holt; Johan A. Kruger; John Scott Mills; Kim Sønderholm

Main cast
Rusty Apper; April Monique Burril; Tanja Bønke; Eileen Daly; Eileen Daly

Genres
Comedy, Horror

Description
Five new stories of grueling horror: A Christmas Haunting, Zombie Office, Undone, Unchangeable and The Psychomanteum - ghosts, zombies and bloody revenge.


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