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Mid-Century

Mid-Century

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Mid-Century

"Murder by design."

2022

1h 45m

4.5(39 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Drama

Mystery

Overview

A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.

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Moo Studios

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Shane West

Shane West

Tom Levin

Sarah Hay

Sarah Hay

Marie Verdin

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Emil Larson

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

Frederick Banner

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Beverly Gordon

Annapurna Sriram

Annapurna Sriram

Officer Raquel Dorado

Ellen Toland

Ellen Toland

Joanne Waxtan

Bill Chott

Bill Chott

Dr. Volker

Chelsea Gilligan

Chelsea Gilligan

Dr. Alice Dodgson

Sonja O'Hara

Sonja O'Hara

Kerri Brenan

Creative team

Directed by: Sonja O'Hara
Written by: Mike Stern
Produced by: Mike Stern

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