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ALL the conventional elements of the bog-standard chiller are present in Robin French’s Crooked Dances, with its pair of innocents caught up in a mysterious and sinister situation, climaxing in a dark and rainy night marooned in a lonely house surrounded by a wolf-inhabited forest.
The innocents are with-it media folk Katy (Jeany Spark) and Nick (Olly Mott), sent by a trendy weekend magazine to interview and photograph reclusive world-famous classical pianist Silvia de Zigaro (Ruth Lass), who’s supposedly preparing for her final concert appearance.
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