Dance Macabre (film)
| Dance Macabre | |
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| Directed by | Greydon Clark |
| Produced by | Menahem Golan |
| Written by | Greydon Clark |
| Starring |
Robert Englund Michelle Zeitlin Marianna Moen Julene Renee |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Josef von Sternberg |
| Edited by | Earl Watson |
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Release date
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1992 |
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Running time
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98 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dance Macabre is a 1992 horror film written and directed by Greydon Clark.
The Dance Academy in Russia which is run by the crippled Madame Gordenko, has a new arrival of girl dancers. They are greeted by American dance instructor Anthony Wager and Olga. Among the new girls Anthony notices American, Jessica Anderson. Who resembles Anthony's deceased lover Svetlana, a ballet dancer who died when she and Anthony were in a Motorbike crash in-which only Anthony survived. During the first ballet class Jessica struggles. Claudine, Jessica's roommate offers to help her and the two sneak back into the dance studio. Claudine teaches Jessica a few moves then heads off to the spa. Jessica remains in the studio and dances the way she prefers which is to fast rocky music. In the spa a dark unseen stranger grabs Claudine and drowns her in the Jacuzzi. When Jessica arrives at the Spa, Claudine is missing but she meets Alex, a photographer who has been sneaking into the academy taking pictures of Anthony and Madame. He and Jessica fall for each other and she goes for a ride with him on his motorbike. The next morning Claudine is still missing, Olga informs Jessica that Claudine left the academy but Jessica doesn't believe her. During the next lesson Madame has Jessica do a dance with a girl called Angela. Although Jessica still struggles Madame tells Olga that she sees talent in "The American girl". Later Jessica finds a girl called Ingrid dancing in the attic and finds she is addicted to drinking and drugs. Jessica then goes to Anthony who offers to help Jessica with her dancing which she happily accepts, and he gives her a private lesson.
The next day the girls are given the privilege to practice with male ballet dancers in a theatre. Angela is too distracted and grabs her male partner groin which disgusts Olga and tells Angela to wait in the wings. The dark stranger returns and hangs Angela to death high above the stage. When they leave, Jessica runs to fetch Angela but can't find her. She encounters Alex and tells him of Claudine and Angela's strange disappearances, they try to look into it but find nothing. Just before Alex leaves Jessica kisses him goodbye. Then she encounters Anthony who expresses his concern for her. She thanks him and kisses his cheek before going. Madame informs the girls that something probably happened to Angela, but Ingrid assures her and everyone that Angela must be alright and they mustn't worry. Continuing with class they all watch a girl called Natasha dancing beautifully. That night Anthony and Olga take the girls to a night club in the city. Alex turns up and dances with Jessica on a stage then kisses her. Anthony sees them kissing and leaves the club. Natasha leaves to walk her new boyfriend Ivan to the station. After her boyfriend's train leaves the dark stranger returns, beats Natasha and pushes her onto the tracks into an oncoming train.
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