# L'Esprit de la mort (1972)

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**Original title**: *The Asphyx*
**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Peter Newbrook
**Written by**: Brian Comport
**Starring**: Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Alex Scott, Ralph Arliss, Fiona Walker

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## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Foggy London streets at dusk a camera shutter clicks 
Hugo studies photographs of dying subjects 
A 1970s British horror staple emerges.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, dread

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