Dead of Winter (DVD, Region B) Mark L Lester merciless and dangerously seductive world

merciless and dangerously seductive world

Luminously shot in the streets of London while Hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director Jules Dassin (Rififi)

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Variations of Vice: The Alternate Versions of The Coming of Sin – exploitation expert Marc Morris on the strange and scandalous release history of José Larraz’s most censored film

Dead of Winter (DVD, Region B) Mark L Lester merciless and dangerously seductive worldStruggling 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)