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The Pyx. The Pyx, also known as The Hooker Cult Murders [6] and La Lunule [7] ( French: The Moon ), is a 1973 Canadian horror film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, and Jean-Louis Roux. Based on John Buell's 1959 novel of the same name, it follows a Montreal police detective unraveling the ...
Sep 26, 1973 · The Pyx: Directed by Harvey Hart. With Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux. A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Harvey Hart
- 1973-09-26
Montréal Police Detective Sergeant Jim Henderson is the lead investigator into the death of a scantily-clad young woman found outside an apartment building, ...
- 105 min
- 26.5K
- Vasco Costa
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Filter by Rating: 5/10. Black is the whole show here. preppy-3 9 September 2006. Prostitute Elizabeth Lucy (Karen Black) is found dead at the beginning--she fell (or was pushed) from the top of a building. Police sergeant Jim Henderson (Christopher Plummer) investigates and finds himself involved in satanic rites, ritual killings and more.
The Pyx is fascinating in entwining the first 24 hours of Henderson’s investigation with the last 24 hours in Elizabeth’s life. The two halves of the story unfold concurrently with Henderson piecing her past together, assisted by his Francophone partner Detective Sergeant Pierre Paquette (Donald Pilon), an ex-vice squad officer who asks questions with his fists.
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That woman is Elizabeth Lucy (Karen Black), a prostitute in Montreal, whose final hours appear in fragmented flashback. A detective (Christopher Plummer) tries to figure out what happened to her. Karen Black brings her magnificent mix of beauty, freedom and vulnerability to the role: Elizabeth is hooked on drugs and she relies on a “manager ...