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American Rickshaw

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1989 ·1h 36m · ★ 4.3 (20)

After a stripper tricks him into filming a sex tape, Miami rickshaw runner Scott Edwards becomes embroiled in the murder of a televangelist's son when he inadvertently takes the wrong videotape. With the help of the stripper and a witch, Edwards sets out to clear his name while avoiding the assassin dead-set on retrieving the tape.

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Director

Sergio Martino Sergio Martino
9 horror films in catalog
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key 1972
All the Colours of the Dark
All the Colours of the Dark 1972
Torso
Torso 1973
Slave of the Cannibal God
Slave of the Cannibal God 1978
The Great Alligator
The Great Alligator 1979
Island of the Fishmen
Island of the Fishmen 1979
Scorpion with Two Tails
Scorpion with Two Tails 1982
American Rickshaw
American Rickshaw 1989

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
29
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
40
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
67
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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TMDB Keywords

assassinboarchinese mysticismmurder for hirerickshawsex tapestrippertelevangelist

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