Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 02/06/1987(USA)
Release Date: 12/03/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Despite its relative failure at the box office, this is a worthwhile
thriller from the director of
Bonnie and Clyde.
Mary Steenburgen stars as an actress,
Katie McGovern, lured to the upstate New York cabin of crazy
Dr. Joseph Lewis (
Jan Rubes), a diabolical crippled shrink playing a blackmail game with the ruthless sister of a recently murdered woman, who happened to be a dead ringer for
Katie.
Lewis and his creepy assistant (
Roddy McDowall) keep
Katie captive, videotaping her and cutting off her finger to further their sordid plot, while she tries desperately to get away. As the title implies,
Arthur Penn gets a lot of atmosphere out of the remote cabin and a raging blizzard, and the cast is terrific. It all falls apart eventually, but is quite gripping until the required histrionics in the silly final reel.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
