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Dead of Winter

Horror movie by Arthur Penn from 1987.
 
 

Dead of Winter

USA, 1987, 100min
Director: Arthur Penn

Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Mark Malone, Michael Copeman, Sam Malkin, Pamela

Nerve-wracking horror film about an actress without the work that goes into an abandoned house for an audition. This, however, turns into a nightmare. Despite the relatively smaller attendance in cinemas represents thriller, the Deadly breath of winter an excellent demonstration of the filmmaking art director of the famous crime drama Bonnie and Clyde. Mary Steenburgen here she is portrayed by actress Katie Mcgovern, to your abode in upstate New York on the basis of casting on a new role and advances paid lures crazy dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubeš), handicapped psychiatrist with a devil character, who is drawn into a blackmail game with the ruthless sister of a recently murdered woman, which by chance as eggs is eggs resembles Katie. Under the initial pretext of the camera tests he holds Lewis, and his slimy assistant Murray (Roddy McDowall) desperate Katie in captivity, they record it on video and even they do not hesitate to cut off your finger. Katie, however, at all costs trying to flee. As the name of the image suggests, the film director Arthur Penn, places great emphasis on the atmosphere, which is shaped by dwelling in the inaccessible part of the country and the surrounding raging snow storm. Another key component of the film is the excellent cast, especially Mary Steenburgen straight in three roles. The image comes from the film My Name Is Julia Ross 1945 director Joseph H. Lewis, after which the creators of the remake even named the main negative character.
Genre: Horror Thriller Drama

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Rating by horrory.cz: 59 %
Rating by imdb.com: 63 %

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