A woman and her baby have just moved into a new home. After she calls her mother, guests start to come up the stairs: isn’t this where the housewarming is? When she hesitantly lets them in, it turns out to be the beginning of a nightmare.
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The people behind it
Cate Wolfe
The Hostess
Matilda Ridgway
Anna Haywood
Gertraud Ingeborg
First Guest
David Kowalski
Second Guest
Michael Wrenn
Guest
Dirk Nagel
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