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In Turkey, while presenting the technical characteristics of the Mirage IV, a French representative is stabbed and murdered by a terrorist. Soon the Ministry of Commerce from Turkey, Mr. Baskine (Sauveur Sasportes), travels to Paris with his wife, Mrs. Baskine (Maria Mauban), and their daughter Mehlica Baskine (Daniela Bianchi). Agent Louis "Tiger" Rapière (Roger Hanin) and his team are assigned to protect the family. They avoid the assassination of Mr; Baskine on the arrival at the airport. Terrorists do not want to let the contract of selling of French airplanes to Turkey be signed by Mr. Baskine. While acting as bodyguard of Mrs. Baskine and Mehlica, Rapière flirts with the mother and the daughter. Meanwhile, there is an attempt of strangulation of Mr. Baskine and Mehlica is kidnapped by the terrorists. Now, Tiger wants to rescue Mehlica.

"Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche", a;k.a. "Code Name: Tiger" (1964) is another spy movie in a very bad phase of Claude Chabrol. During 1964 and 1967, Chabrol made movies based on the success of James Bond, but his agent Tiger is ridiculous and the other agents are silly. The fight choreography are laughable, the plots are not good and only the beautiful and hot French actresses are worthwhile watching. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "O Código É: Tigre" ("The Code Is: Tiger")

The TV actor Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) and his pregnant wife Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), who works in an office, live happily in an apartment building. His neighbor from the floor below is an old man that complains the noise they make during the night. One day, Soo-jin finds that Hyun-su is sleepwalker, and they go to a sleep clinic to treat him. The medicine does not work and one night Hyun-su kills their dog by putting it inside the refrigerator. Soo-jin delivers a baby girl, and her mother brings a shaman to their apartment afraid that Hyun-su harms the baby. The shaman tells them that Hyun-su is possessed by an evil spirit and she can only help if she learns his name. She suggests that it may be one former boyfriend of Soo-jin, since she is very beautiful. She lists their names but finds on the Internet that they are all alive. Meanwhile, Hyun-su changes medication and improves his sleepwalking problem. When his wife learns that her old neighbor has died, she becomes obsessed that Hyun-su is possessed by his spirit and stays awake to protect her newborn, affecting her judgement. Or not?

"Jam", a.k.a. "Sleep" (2023), is another great Korean horror movie. The simple plot is ambiguous and allows the viewer different interpretations. Hyun-su was healed by the scientific treatment in the sleep clinic? Or was he possessed by the evil spirit of his neighbor as the shaman and his wife believe? If he was possessed, did the spirit of Park Chun-gi leave his body? Or was Soo-jin lured by the spirit? You may give the interpretation you want. The performance of Jung Yu-mi is another attraction of this film. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Sleep: O Mal Nunca Dorme" ("Sleep: The Evil Never Sleeps")

Doris washes Alma to remove the blood of the rabbit and says that she needs medical attention, but Harry disagrees. Suddenly, Chief Burleson knocks on the door and says that people reported seeing Alma covered in blood in the cemetery. She wants to take Alma to the precinct but Doris falls down the stairs and needs to be taken to the hospital. She is kept under observation by the doctors for at least four days and is not allowed to leave Provincetown. Harry promises to take Alma back to New York, but he questions her in the car about the pill instead. He also tells her the price to use the pill, and Alma agrees t stop taking the pill if Harrys does the same. In the house, Harry has writer's block again and takes one pill. Alma sees and demands one too. Later she says that she is hungry again and Harry looks for two smalltime thieves that are selling a bicycle and a DVD player. However, he is captured by the couple that makes snuff porn movies that wants to rape him. But Harry reverts the situation, kills them and brings blood to Alma. Out of the blue, Ursula arrives at Harry's home, intrigued by how he is writing better and better. She goes to the Muse to have dinner and complains about Belle Noir and Austin singing. Mickey also meets her. On the next morning, Ursula is walking on the beach and Mickey gives her scripts that he had written to read. She laughs at him but takes them. Later she enjoys them and questions Mickey about how he could write those masterpieces. He discloses to her about the Muse and she demands he steal pills from Belle Noir. When Belle and Austin leave their house with Harry to drink blood, Mickey robs some pills. Belle and Austin learn that Harry is bringing blood for Alma, and decide they need to die. Mickey kills a hustler friend on the beach and when he returns home, Belle demands that the ambitious Ursula must die. When he breaks into Ursula's room, she tells him that he will make lots of money with his script and asks him to take her to visit the Chemist. Later she meets Austin and Belle and tells them the offer of Ursula, who intends to make money with her pills, and demands the to kill Ursula, Mickey, and the Gardners. Meanwhile, Chief Burleson is under stake of Harry's house and visits Alma, when he leaves to question her, but is killed by the girl.

"Thirst" is another good episode of the Tenth Season of "American Horror Story". The greatest problem is that, with the exception of Doris and Chief Burleson, all characters are obnoxious, and the viewer does not care for them. Even the nine years old Alma is disgusting. Now we are in a point that everybody wants to kill Harry, Alma, Ursula and even Doris. But who cares? My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Thirst"