Lawrence Kasdans script is a tour-de-force of seductive scenes and anxious suspense. The movie is sexually daring and generates a powerful noir charge with Richard Klines prowling camera and John Barrys sinuous music. Everybody caught the two page rave review in Time Magazine. As Tom rushes to protect those employees working late, he soon discovers that his legal firm has been hiding sinister secrets that could put thousands of lives at risk. Body Heat was the film to see in the summer of 1981. The film, based on the Stephen King story “Gramma,” follows two young boys on a visit to the hospital where they learn that their dying grandmother is a witch and that her powers are fueled by a pact with the Ancient Ones.įrom the director of Captain America: The First Avenger and The Wolfman comes a psychological thriller about an unsuspecting office worker, Tom Miller (Max Minghella), who becomes trapped in his office building with a demented killer (J.J. As always, give us a review on iTunes with the name of a movie youd like us to review, and well discuss it on a later podcast. The director, Bertino, previously gave us The Strangers.ĭylan McDermott, Frances O∬onnor, Chandler Riggs, Joel Courtney, Shirley Knight and Chris Browning star in Mercy from director Peter Cornwell ( The Haunting in Connecticut).