{"id":1697916,"date":"2022-10-17T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697916"},"modified":"2022-10-17T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:48:58","slug":"why-has-pop-culture-forgotten-dead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-has-pop-culture-forgotten-dead-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Has Pop Culture Forgotten \u201cDead of Winter?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-has-pop-culture-forgotten-dead-of-winter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1697916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>\u201cDead of Winter\u201d (1987) was a respected but little-seen thriller when it first came out and remains that way, a title recalled with admiration but barely in the conscious of even the most studied horror fan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent Scream Factory Blu-ray re-release and an overall appreciation of its star, Mary Steenburgen, and its director, Arthur Penn (of \u201cBonnie and Clyde\u201d) should have elevated its status. Yet it remains a hidden treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at 35 years old, it remains a modest but impressive work and a real find.<\/p>\n<p>Steenburgen stars as Katie McGovern, an actress who is summoned by a pair of wealthy but mysterious men (Roddy McDowell and Jan Rubes) to audition for a film role. The catch: McGovern must travel through heavy snowfall to an isolated mansion for the audition.<\/p>\n<p>Whether she gets the role or not, she\u2019s staying in a house with two strange men who are cheerful, encouraging and eager to put her audition on film. Is everything what it seems?<\/p>\n<p>McDowell\u2019s character initially seems obsequious, but the actor slowly turns up the dial on the character\u2019s state of mind, which bears similarities to Anthony Perkins\u2019 Norman Bates.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s wild to think that McDowell did this back-to-back with the Goldie Hawn\/ Kurt Russell comedy \u201cOverboard,\u201d which he co-produced and was released the same year. Unlike his warm, cuddly turn in \u201cOverboard,\u201d McDowell is scary in this one.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/31DaysOfHorror?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#31DaysOfHorror<\/a> Recommendation: Dead of Winter (1987)<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Arthur Penn<\/p>\n<p>Starring Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ<\/p>\n<p>Our rating: 4\/5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/htwF7L71Fs\">pic.twitter.com\/htwF7L71Fs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HorrorCultTrashOther (@HorrorCultTrash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HorrorCultTrash\/status\/1578526609094889473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rubes plays Dr. Joseph, the other man living in the house and the wheelchair bound director of the movie she\u2019s been sent to audition for. Rubes, most famous for superbly portraying an authority figure in the Amish community of Peter Weir\u2019s excellent \u201cWitness\u201d (1985), had previously played Santa Claus opposite Steenburgen in the strange Disney cult film, \u201cOne Magic Christmas\u201d (1986).<\/p>\n<p>That equally dark film, along with \u201cDead of Winter,\u201d would make for a weird double feature.<\/p>\n<p>Steenburgen and McDowell are given a goldfish at a gas station as a present for their patronage (\u201cFree with every ten-dollar purchase!\u201d)- we later see she kept it, as it swims in circles in a wine glass, an effective if obvious symbol of her character\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/terror-in-the-aisles-1984-review\/\"><strong>RELATED: HOW \u2018TERROR IN THE AISLES\u2019 NAILED \u201980s HORROR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are other visual clues and set ups as well, like a great reveal in a fireplace, missing fingers(!) and a bear trap that the film wisely puts to use later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDead of Winter\u201d was in good company in 1987, a great year for thrillers \u2013 \u201cFatal Attraction,\u201d \u201cSomeone to Watch Over Me,\u201d \u201cThe Stepfather,\u201d \u201cThe Bedroom Window,\u201d \u201cBlack Widow,\u201d \u201cThe Believers\u201d and \u201cAngel Heart\u201d all opened the same year.<\/p>\n<p>The storytelling is straight forward and unpretentious. However, Penn\u2019s film isn\u2019t lacking style, but rather rich in atmosphere. Even before we\u2019re at the wintery setting, the snowy environment of the prologue allows stark cold vistas to create<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDead of Winter\u201d (1987) was a respected but little-seen thriller when it first came out and remains that way, a title recalled with admiration but barely in the conscious of even the most studied horror fan. 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