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BED APPETIT

By | November 2003

Years ago, in the wee hours of the morning, George Barry was up late browsing the web…Before the end of the night, Barry had found a review on Lightsfade.com of a film he’d written and directed back in the 70s: “Deathbed—The Bed That Eats”—where horror and romance bounce on drooling demonic bedsprings…

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