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Mar 2024
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Weirdhouse Cinema: Dead Mountaineer's Ho...

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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1979 Estonian sci-fi thriller “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel,” based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. 

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