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Bad Times at the El Royale

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Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

October 4, 2018 · Directed by Drew Goddard

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