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Movies like Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Key Features:
Isolated location, Hotel, Avalanche, Police investigation, Unexplained phenomena, Mystery, Thriller
Tone:
suspense-driven, serious, restrained
Target Audience:
Mystery fans, Thriller enthusiasts, Suspense seekers
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Suspense

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

1979-08-27
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The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts them off from the rest of the world and strange things start happening.

Genres
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Horror
Cast
Uldis Pūcītis, Jüri Järvet, Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver, Karlis Sebris, Irena Kriauzaitė, Sulev Luik, Tiit Härm, Nijolė Oželytė, Kaarin Raid
Crew
Grigori Kromanov, Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy
Rating
6.1(52 votes)
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