British Invaders 331: Ghost in the Water (Part 1)
December 15, 2019 Leave a Comment
Ghost in the Water is a ghost story from 1982. A teenager called Tess learns of girl who died in her village a century earlier. What will happen when Tess begins to unearth this history?
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