Mister Frost
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Mister Frost is a 1990 psychological thriller film starring Jeff Goldblum. The film was directed by French filmmaker Philippe Setbon, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Derry Hall, Brad Lynch and Louise Vincent.
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[edit] Synopsis
A police detective named Felix Detweiler visits the palatial French estate of Mister Frost, whose first name is never given, to investigate a report of a dead body. Frost, with very little prompting, cheerfully admits that he has many bodies buried in his yard.
Frost is arrested and ultimately placed in an asylum, not having spoken a word for two years. During this time the police are unable to establish his identity. The detective leaves his job and becomes obsessed by Frost and the 24 corpses dug up from his garden.
Frost's long silence is broken when he encounters Sarah Day, a doctor at the asylum. Frost refuses to speak with anyone but her, then tells Dr. Day that he is, in fact, Satan. He reveals that he plans to goad her into murdering him.
Detweiler believes it's true that Frost is "the devil himself" and pleads with the doctor to heed his warnings. Day naturally does not accept this, but strange things begin to happen around her, including the radically different behavior of her patients, colleagues and brother.
The doctor is gradually convinced that Frost is telling the truth. To spare others from harm, she ultimately agrees to kill him.
[edit] Cast
- Jeff Goldblum as Mister Frost
- Kathy Baker as Dr. Sarah Day
- Alan Bates as Felix Detweiler
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Inspector Carelli
- Roland Giraud as Dr. Reynhardt
- Francois Negret as Christopher
[edit] Reception
While not a hit, Mister Frost was generally reviewed well and now enjoys something of a cult following. The film has never been released on DVD in the United States, but occasionally appears on television and can be found in the instant viewing section of Netflix. In Holland, the movie has been released on DVD by official distributor Dutch Film Works[1], albeit in rather poor video quality.
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