Belmont Inn
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MatureOngoing43m
Last published Tue, Oct 27, 2020
A stranded rock band's lascivious encounter with a brazen barmaid, two independent investigators' compulsive hunt for a resurfaced local serial killer, and the peculiar suspected target - an unskilled middle aged magician travelling with his assistant - all coincide during a snowed in evening at the Belmont Inn.
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