Mister Frost (1990)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Philippe Setbon

Writers:

Derry Hall (writer)
Brad Lynch (writer)

Release Date:

9 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

He hasn't spoken a word in two years. No one knows his identity. Officially he doesn't exist... But 24 corpses do.

Plot:

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden...

Plot Keywords:

Mass Murderer | Mental Institution | Psychiatry | Suicide | Devil

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jeff Goldblum	...	Mr. Frost
Alan Bates	...	Felix Detweiler
Kathy Baker	...	Dr. Sarah Day
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Inspector Corelli
Daniel Gélin	...	Simon Scolari
François Négret	...	Christopher Kovac
Maxime Leroux	...	Frank Larcher
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Angelo, desk clerk
Roland Giraud	...	Raymond Reynhardt
Catherine Allégret	...	Dr. Corbin
Mike Marshall	...	Patrick Hollander
Henri Serre	...	André Kovac
Charley Boorman	...	Thief
Boris Bergman	...	Victor Sabowsky
Philippe Polet	...	Roland Day

Also Known As:

Mr. Frost (USA) (closing credits title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

AAA Productions

Quotes:

Mr. Frost: Oh, oh... I wanted to talk to you about Carol. You left her at home... all alone that night... and those kids got in the house and... sooo senseless but... with you at the corner pub? Do you know what your wife's last thought on this Earth was? Felix? She HATED you... for not being there to save her life.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dust Devil (1992)

Good? and Evil?... and Science!

"It used to be simple: good on one hand, evil on the other. There was a strugle. And then you people came along - the scientists."

Excellent film about about perceived good and evil from the viewpoint of humanity, and how science is has to be neither. Impartial, and yet with greater power and potential to be used for either. Or is it? Which will win out reason or emotion, or will they corrupt each other?

Or maybe Mister Frost simply a deranged man after all?

The previous lines were to give an overall feeling about the general atmosphere of Mister Frost for those who have not seen it. It is difficult to describe the plot in more depth than in the summary on the main page without spoiling the film, but imagine the confrontations between the possessed Regan and Karras or the doctors in William Peter Blatty's novel 'The Exorcist' that were cut out of the film. There you have Mister Frost.

Basically, if you like your thrillers to be charged with atmosphere and intelligence then this film is definitely worth viewing. Oh yeah, and also if you thought Jeff Goldblum could put in a good performance with a good script, but haven't yet seen it happen. This film is it.