Review #300: The Cold/The Game (1984)
October 2024 Horror Origins Review #17- The Cold/The Game (1984) Watch it here on Amazon Freevee! (You'll need an Amazon account but the movie is free to watch with ads.) I first watched The Cold about fifteen years ago, after receiving a DVD boxed set of "50 Chilling Classics" - low-budget horror films mostly from the 70s and 80s. The description sounded interesting- a group of people are invited to a secluded mansion by three eccentric billionaires to take part in a mysterious game, and each contestant must face their wildest fears for the chance at winning a million dollars. Sounds cool, right? (It's been done, of course- House on Haunted Hill had the exact same premise almost thirty years earlier- but hey, nothing wrong with reusing a good plot like that.) The problem is that this movie looks bad, sounds bad, and most importantly, doesn't make a lick of sense. So, nine people are brought to this resort on an island to take part in this game. They're told