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La nuit des traquées (1980) [French Horror Film]

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The Night of the Hunted (Original title: La nuit des traquées 1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery. Follow http://1klipmedia.blogspot.com
A woman is taken to a mysterious clinic whose patients have a mental disorder in which their memories and identities are disintegrating as a result of a strange environmental accident.
Director Jean Rollin
Writer Jean Rollin
Stars Brigitte Lahaie Alain DuclosDominique Journet

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean Rollin Cast (in credits order)
Brigitte Lahaie Brigitte Lahaie … Elysabeth
Alain Duclos Alain Duclos … Robert (as Vincent Gardère)
Dominique Journet Dominique Journet … Véronique
Bernard Papineau Bernard Papineau … Le docteur Francis
Rachel Mhas Rachel Mhas … Solange
Cathy Stewart Cathy Stewart … Catherine (as Catherine Greiner)
Natalie Perrey Natalie Perrey … La mère
Christiane Farina Christiane Farina … Christiane
Élodie Delage Élodie Delage … Marie (as Véronique Délaissé)
Cyril Val Cyril Val … Alain (as Alain Plumey)
Jean Hérel Jean Hérel … Jacques
Dominique Saint-Cyr Dominique Saint-Cyr … Une amie du docteur
Gregoire Cherlian Gregoire Cherlian … Le gardien
Jean Cherlian Jean Cherlian … L’homme de main
Jack Gatteau Jack Gatteau … Pierre (as Jacques Gatteau)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacques Gall Jacques Gall … (uncredited)
Marilyn Jess Marilyn Jess … Une internée (uncredited)
Jean Rollin Jean Rollin … Un infirmier tueur (uncredited)
Lionel Wallmann Lionel Wallmann … Un infirmier tueur (uncredited)
Produced by Monique Samarcq … producer Music by Philippe Bréjean … (as Gary Sandeur)
Cinematography by Jean-Claude Couty
A woman named Elizabeth has lost her memory. After being found by a man, she is taken in but soon captured and brought to the “black tower” with other mindless women…

A Jean Rollin film without female vampires in a castle by the sea? Yes, he did make other kinds of films, and this is one of them. But he has kept his trademark excessive nudity. Plenty of nude women, at least two nude men, and some sex scenes that go on for far too long.

The first half of the film is a bit slow and not particularly interesting. The second half picks up and then we really see the horror aspects come out to play. The story gets even better as the revelations are produced and we find out more about these women and why they are where they are.

Storyline
On a cold dark night, a man is driving through the countryside and discovers a woman who seems to be running from something. The man stops and puts her in his car and does not notice another woman, who is completely naked, calling out for her. The woman tells the man that her name is Elizabeth; she insists there are people after her but she seems to be confused and frightened. He takes Elizabeth to his apartment in Paris and realizes she is incapable of remembering anything for any length of time. He tells her his name is Robert, which she has trouble remembering a few minutes later. She begs him not to leave her as she will forget him, and the pair make love, during which Robert tells Elizabeth to remember his face so she will never forget this time together. The next morning Robert has to go to work and when he’s gone, Dr. Francis breaks into his apartment to persuade Elizabeth to return to the clinic, where she escaped from, where people are being treated for memory loss. On her return to the clinic, Elizabeth seems to remember the woman, the one who called out for her the night before, but they only remember each other’s name, nothing more. The two of them attempt another escape and manage to get in contact with Robert, as Elizabeth remembers him, but they are both recaptured. Robert locates the clinic where he is told by Dr. Francis that the patients are suffering from a disease that slowly takes their memories away, and soon all the afflicted will become like the walking dead, but Robert refuses to believe this and is determined to rescue Elizabeth. The doctors at the clinic begin to dispose of the people whose memories have gone completely. Robert manages to find Elizabeth, but it is too late now that the disease has taken her completely. Dr. Francis shoots Robert in the head and he becomes just like Elizabeth. Unaware what is going on around them, Elizabeth and Robert walk side by side.

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