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Selección Terror: Ven a morir conmigo

· 1974

Selección Terror: Ven a morir conmigo
This Spanish-language pulp terror magazine presents "Ven a morir conmigo" ("Come Die with Me") by Adam Surray. The narrative opens with a grotesque blind figure in a moonlit cemetery—skeletal white hands with elongated nails, empty eye sockets, greenish decaying flesh—who effortlessly moves a tombstone and mutilates a corpse in an coffin with cannibalistic ferocity. The scene abruptly cuts to reveal a film set: this is an outtake from the horror production "Slaves of Satan," directed by Harold Dillman, with actor Tony Ritter performing the monster role. Ritter objects to last-minute scheduling changes caused by leading actress Kitty Wood's repeated absences. Later, in Dillman's studio bungalow, an eighteen-year-old aspiring actress named Sarah Koster confronts the director demanding a major role, revealing suspicious knowledge of the supposedly secret screenplay. The narrative establishes tensions between artistic ambition, production delays, and behind-the-scenes Hollywood maneuvering.

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