May 29, 2022
The Game (The Cold, 1984)
"The sign says no physical exertion! Is it safe?"
"Oh, come on, baby! Of course it's safe - I had a vasectomy."
"Well, in that case..."
#the game#the cold#1984#horror film#bill rebane#american cinema#independent cinema#william arthur#larry dreyfus#tom blair#jim iaquinta#carol perry#wally flaherty#don arthur#debbie martin#lori minnetti#randy hicks#ronnie hicks#pamela rohleder#aaron harper#j. d. beckman#alan g. rainer#bottom of the barrel zero budget indie nonsense from deepest darkest Wisconsin. Rebane had been making horror films for more than 20 years#at this point but you'd be forgiven for thinking the man had never been behind a camera in his life; a kind of budget reimagining of The#Most Dangerous Game‚ where three elderly billionaires pay some young idiots to hang out at their mansion (very clearly an off season hotel)#so they can spook them a little bit. murder and mayhem follows but it's mostly confined to the temperature dropping every so often (thus#that alternate video title). absolute garbage script and sub professional acting‚ this is still surprisingly fun if only in a 'is this a#real film that cost real money?' kind of way. ends with a series of poorly thought out twists which make less and less sense until a final#shot which feels more like a middle finger to the audience than anything else. pure trash but of interest to those fools (like myself) who#get their kicks from obscure indie horror. oh also the soundtrack is almost entirely honky tonk piano. because of course it is
