A Cold Night's Death

A Cold Night's Death (also known as The Chill Factor) is a 1973 American made for television horror-thriller film. The film was shown on January 30, 1973, on the ABC network.

A Cold Night's Death
GenreHorror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Written byChristopher Knopf
Directed byJerrold Freedman
StarringRobert Culp
Eli Wallach
Michael C. Gwynne
Music byGil Melle
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersLeonard Goldberg
Aaron Spelling
ProducersPaul Junger Witt
Robert Monroe (associate producer)
Tony Thomas (associate producer)
CinematographyLeonard J. South
EditorDavid Berlatsky
Running time74 minutes
Production companiesABC Circle Films
Spelling-Goldberg Productions
20th Century Fox Television
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkABC
Original release
  • January 30, 1973 (1973-01-30)

The film was directed by Jerrold Freedman and starred Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, and Michael C. Gwynne. Culp and Wallach are two research scientists at the Tower Mountain Research Station (based on the University of California's White Mountain Research Station) who are trying to unravel the mysterious death of a colleague.

Cast

Release

Home media

The film was released for the first time on DVD by Films Around The World, under the alternate title The Chill Factor on January 1, 2013.[1]

Reception

Graeme Clark from The Spinning Image rated the film seven out of ten stars, praising the film's atmosphere, performances, and score.[2] Dave Sindelar from Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings also praised the film's atmosphere, and performances, calling it "one very effective TV-movie thriller".[3] The Terror Trap awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it "a triumph of mood creation".[4]

See also

References
  1. "The Chill Factor (1973) - Jerrold Freedman". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. Clark, Graeme. "Cold Night's Death, A Review (1973)". TheSpinningImage.co.uk. Graeme Clark. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. Sindelar, Dave. "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". FantasticMovieMusings.com. Dave Sindelar. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". TerrorTrap.com. The Terror Trap. Retrieved 26 September 2019.


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