Fox Mystery Theater (TV anthology series) "Mark of the Devil" (1984)
aka Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, "Mark of the Devil" (original title)
IMDb synopsis:
Frank Rowlett (Dirk Benedict) is a down on his luck loser who can't win at anything. When he can't come up with money for a poker game, he sneaks into the back of a tattoo parlor, kills the owner and takes his money. Frank wins very big that night, but a small little dot appears on his chest, exactly where the man injured him with a needle. Day by day, it gets bigger and bigger and forms into a tattoo that starts to spread all over his body. He has to go into seclusion. Can Frank get the help he needs before time runs out? // He's scheduled to get married to a woman from a wealthy family, so he must solve the problem before their wedding night.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131474/
NOTE: This 70-minute episode is aired as a film on Fox Movie Channel.
Here's another movie about tattooing though there's nothing supernatural about it.:
Tattoo (1981)
starring Bruce Dern, Maud Adams
IMDb synopsis:
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes dangerously obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he's hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of women for a photo shoot. As his obsession grows, Kinsky becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark"~forever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083178/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***
reply
share