Underplayed Gems

The Ice House (1969)

The Ice House poster
Directed by
Stuart E. McGowan
Genre
horror, thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A young couple runs a struggling ice house in a remote area. Their lives become entangled with dangerous strangers, leading to a series of violent and disturbing events.

tensesuspensefulbleakslow-burncreepypsychologically darkatmosphericunsettling

What happens

The Ice House (also known as Cold Blood, Crimen on the Rocks (Spain), Love in Cold Blood and The Passion Pit) is a 1969 American horror-thriller film directed by Stuart E. McGowan and starring the twin brothers David and Robert Story, Jim Davis, Scott Brady, Nancy Dow, Karen Lee, and Sabrina in her penultimate film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.