Product Details

• Actors: Peter Horton, Carrie Snodgress, Wendy Makkena, Penny Johnson, Elizabeth Ruscio
• Directors: Mark Piznarski
• Writers: Philip Rosenberg, David Heilbroner
• Producers: Derek Kavanagh, Philip Rosenberg, Rick Rosenberg, Robert W. Christiansen, Tina Threadgill
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios Ho
• VHS Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304140673
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,149 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars HORTON'S LAW, September 29, 2004

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Benefit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Peter Horton is most remembered for his role on the tv series THIRTY SOMETHING. His sincere and layered performance ignites this dark thriller. Based on a true story, Horton plays a corporate lawyer who is approached by a distressed woman who has just lost her daughter in an "accident." Horton offers to write a letter to the insurance company which is not paying the mother. This leads him into the mystery surrounding the girl's death, and once probing Horton begins to think that the girl was murdered for an insurance policy naming a married couple with whom she was staying. Turns out this couple might have done this before. Enter the late gifted actress Carrie Snodgress as Virginia McGinnis, affectionately known as "Ice Lady". The history of McGinnis' lurid past catches up with her and Horton becomes obsessed with the case, risking not only his career, but his personal life as well.

There's not a lot of action, but in a film like this, it's not important. Horton's fierce determination to bring McGinnis to justice paints a portrait of a good man who wants to live up to the oath he took as a lawyer.

Recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars Death Benefit VHS, August 9, 2011

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This review is from: Death Benefit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was so excited that I was able to locate this old video on Amazon. This is the true story (of course, slightly different movie verses book account)of a murder that took place only a mile or two from where I live. The quality is about what you would expect from a fairly low budget video, but I am still quite pleased with the purchase. If someone ever wants to read a really interesting true murder book, I'd recommend they read the book and then possibly watch the video (if they can find a copy - I'm not lending mine out).