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The House of Darkness
UNITED STATES · 1913

The House of Darkness

D.W. Griffith
mental illness asylum escape home invasion gun violence psychological thriller
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Synopsis

A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a house where a young wife is home alone, and there is a tense confrontation.

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