Death Game (1977)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Peter S. Traynor

Writers:

Anthony Overman (writer)
Michael Ronald Ross (writer)

Release Date:

May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

The object is to stay alive.

Plot:

A businessman whose family is away on his birthday picks up two young girls. He takes them to his house...

Plot Keywords:

Torture | San Francisco California | Female Nudity | Beautiful Woman | Disturbing

Cast

Sondra Locke	...	Agatha Jackson
Colleen Camp	...	Donna
Seymour Cassel	...	George Manning
Beth Brickell	...	Karen Manning
Michael Kalmansohn	...	Deliveryboy
Ruth Warshawsky	...	Mrs. Grossman

Also Known As:

Mrs. Manning's Weekend
The Seducers

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R

Company:

First American Films

Movie Connections:

Remade as Viciosas al desnudo (1980)

Soundtrack:

Good Old Dad

An atrocious movie

This is an atrocious movie. Two demented young women seduce and torture a middle aged man. There's not much to give away in regards to a plot or a "spoiler". I would only comment that the ending is nearly the most preposterous part of the flick. Much of the film involves Locke and Camp cackling obnoxiously, all the while grinning psychotically at the camera. Add to this a soundtrack that repeats again and again, including a vaudevillian song about "dear old dad" that suggests an incestuous quality the viewer never really sees. The music is annoying at first, then ends up subjecting the viewer to a torture worse than that depicted on the screen. The theme here is of youth run amok, understandable as a reaction to the '60s, but done with little imagination or style. Avoid it!