Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

nexus-37 I didn't know what to except, reviews didn't give a clue what I'm going to watch.Well first of all, big minus for the beginning, somewhere in 10 minutes or so you get the idea of whole movie. Don't get me wrong, this was very interesting and very well acted and all, nicely put together, and the ending was little twist that saved a lot.Few parts doesn't make any sense in the movie but that didn't bother me. It was lovely to watch the whole movie with huge interest for the ending.Truly worth of watch if you can handle thrillers and 80's style doesn't bother you.And for the last words, this was pretty original for a thriller.. legendary maybe. Now I got lost in nostalgic, enjoy!

Claudio Carvalho In New York, the unemployed actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) is invited to an audition to replace the actress Julie Rose that had a nervous breakdown in the middle of a filmmaking. She gets the job and travels with Mr. Murray (Roddy McDowell) to a remote manor upstate to meet the producer Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes) that prepares footage with a test to be sent to the director. She is lodged in the mansion but when Katie sees her driving license burning in the fireplace, she finds that all her documents and credit cards are missing from her wallet and the telephone line is actually cut off the wall. Sooner she finds that she was lured by the two men and is trapped in the house in a blackmail scheme. "Dead of Winter" is a great suspense in one of the best performances of Mary Steenburgen in a triple role. Despite a couple of bad reviews, the theatrical and claustrophobic dark story of murder, greedy, blackmail and a stiletto is one of the best thrillers of the 80's. The few external locations are awesome and unfortunately the VHS does not highlight the cinematography. This is the fourth or fifth time that I watch this film and I still like it. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Morte no Inferno" ("Death in the Hell")

preppy-3 Out of work actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) takes a job that takes her from NYC to Canada. She is to replace an actress named Julie Rose who walked off the set of her movie. She finds herself in an isolated mansion with Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes) and sinister butler Mr. Murray (Roddy McDowell). She also discovers she's a pawn in a deadly blackmail scheme.I vaguely remember seeing this in Boston on opening night in 1987. I had just seen another bad thriller ("Black Widow") and thought this couldn't be as bad as that one was. I was right--it was worse! A VERY loose remake of "My Name is Julia Ross". That 1945 thriller didn't need to be remade...but when did that ever stop Hollywood? This is a slow and dull movie with a very mean streak--we almost see a woman's finger cut off in the first 15 minutes! It's hard to believe director Arthur Penn did this one. The plot becomes needlessly convoluted (and stupider) as the movie goes on. There are plot holes galore (the reaction of the two policemen was incredibly dumb) and the ending is truly laughable.Steenburgen, McDowell and Rubes are all good--but even their considerable acting talents can't save this. A career low point for all involved. This was (understandably) a big bomb. I give it a 3 for the acting, some good direction and beautiful scenery (shot on location in Canada).

finch6789@aol.com This movie did not scare me. It made me guffaw with the absurdity of it. Maybe this movie would have scared someone in the 1950's, but for the hard-core horror fans, this attempt is laughable. When Mary Steenbergen's character unwrapped her hand to find a perfectly healed stump, I laughed at the look on her face. How long was she asleep anyway? Just a lot of stupid things like that, and Roddy McDowall ws so NOT intimidating or frightening. This character was just SUCH a pushover - she didn't even try really hard to escape her situation. This was just bad, bad, bad, very cheesy.