Helmed by the legendary Arthur Penn (BONNIE AND CLYDE, LITTLE BIG MAN) and starring Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen (MELVIN AND HOWARD), DEAD OF WINTER is a seasonal suspenser par excellence! Loosely inspired by the 1945 classic MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS, this eighties update presents Steenburgen as an aspiring actress who is lured out to a country retreat in Canada, in ice-cold weather, to audition for a well-paid dream job. Unfortunately for her, though, a sinister plan is being unravelled around her which will culminate in entrapment, torment, torture and a blood... curdling revelation! Co-featuring Roddy McDowall (PLANET OF THE APES), DEAD OF WINTER is a masterful mix of backwoods malevolence, mistaken identity and heightened horror film tension. There is little denying that DEAD OF WINTER is one of the highlights of the entire 88 Films Slasher Classics catalogue! SPECIAL FEATURES 88 Films Trailer Reel Stills Gallery Reversible sleeve with alternate American poster Artwork [show more]
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1980s thriller about blackmail and murder, directed by Arthur Penn. Struggling actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) is made to believe she has landed an audition for a role replacing an actress with a similar appearance. To record the requested audition tape, she is taken to an isolated mansion where she is given the part but soon begins to realise that there is something much darker than film-making going on. She is held hostage by the disabled Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes) and his assistant (Roddy McDowall), and becomes involved in their plot with a ferocious woman, whose recently murdered sister looked very similar to Katie...
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Struggling actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) is made to believe she has landed an audition for a role replacing an actress with a similar appearance. To record the requested audition tape she is taken to an isolated mansion where she is given the part. Soon Katie begins to realise that there is something much darker than film-making going on. She is held hostage by the disabled Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes) and his assistant (Roddy McDowall) and becomes involved in their plot with a ferocious woman, whose recently murdered sister looked very like Katie.
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