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They're Playing with Fire

1984 ·1h 36m · ★ 5.0 (49)

A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.

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Director

Howard Avedis Howard Avedis
3 horror films in catalog
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They're Playing with Fire
They're Playing with Fire 1984

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
0
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
14
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

adulteryattractioncollegecollege professordesireextramarital affairgorehandymaninfidelitymurderprofessorpsychoseductionseductressshowersimulated sexteacher

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