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Director:
Vic Sarin
Writers:
Richard Beattie (writer)
James Garrard (play)
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Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
It's not always safe to come in from the cold. more
Plot:
Three lonely people depend on each other when they get stranded at a deserted gas station in a blizzard... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
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Dark and disturbing, Cold Comfort sets you on edge. more (8 total)

Cast

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Maury Chaykin ... Floyd Lucas
Margaret Langrick ... Dolores Lucas

Paul Gross ... Stephen Miller

Jayne Eastwood ... Mrs. Brockel
Ted Follows ... Roy
Richard Fitch ... C.I.L. Truck Driver
Grant Roll ... Mechanic
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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M | USA:R
Company:
Ontario Film Development Corporation, The more

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Floyd Lucas: Well, stuff a sock in his mouth so he don't bite it off and take all of his clothes off and rub him down with a towel and heat up some liquor and make him drink it, should be okay.
Dolores Lucas: All of his clothes?
Floyd Lucas: Sure, unwrap your present.
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Dark and disturbing, Cold Comfort sets you on edge., 16 May 1999
Author: amatia from Racine, WI

Set in Manitoba, a traveling salesman is rescued from a blizzard by the local crazy man, and taken to his house as a present for his daughter for her 18th birthday. Margaret Langrick gives a stunning performance as an 18 year old girl who wants to get away but her father is too domineering and keeps her too far away from other people. Maury Chaykin is totally convincing as the crazy father, by far one of the better "crazy-man" performances I've seen in any movie. Paul Gross is not-quite-innocent as Stephen. The plot becomes very disturbing once you see how nuts the father is. Slight overtones of Stephen King's "Misery" with the foot injury caused by a trap that Floyd sets so Stephen can't run away, and the scenes with Stephen chained to the wall are very effective. All in all, an amazing movie that gives you the shivers, and a sliver of hope

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