Death Game begins with apparent hospitality and turns the domestic setting into a contest over control. The intrusion is disturbing because it works through social expectations before becoming openly violent. A comfortable home proves unable to protect its occupant from people who refuse to honor the rules that make comfort possible. Watch how the balance changes through ordinary actions such as opening a door, offering food or accepting a guest's account; each concession can become difficult to reverse.
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Death Game
1977 / VIEWING NOTES
Death Game begins with apparent hospitality and turns the domestic setting into a contest over control.