SOURCE: Rainer, Peter. “Torture, Revenge, Death and the Maiden.” Los Angeles Times (23 December 1994): F16.
In the following review, Rainer observes that Death and the Maiden is “an expert piece of claustrophobic cinema” but comments that the film is ultimately ineffective due to its overly schematic and self-important tone.
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