Nov '18
Bit overrated, no?
Been seeing this 'un pimped out for a good 10 years now all the way back to that ancient place they call "imdb." Well, I finally caught up with it....
Pretty good, but not the masterpiece I expected and genuinely much funnier than I anticipated as well. I get that this was based on a true story or whatever (is it really?) and it's intended to be "realistic" and stuff, but did the killer have to be so pathetic? Jesus Christ he's lucky he stumbled into the house he did and not one occupied by, well, anyone else. Fucker woulda got his ass handed to him. In fact, the elderly woman actually put up a good fight.
I like that they made him SO damn crazy that he lost all rationale and was sloppy, made many mistakes and had these wildly exaggerated ideas about how his continuing murder spree would go. Anyone with even the slightest bit of sanity left would've realized he'd get caught immediately after leaving the house.
I dunno. I liked the film. The direction was amazing, music good. It definitely didn't feel like your average horror film from the early 80s, and I appreciated that it was a bit off the beaten path. I think I just felt things sorta dragged a bit when he was in the house and had so much trouble killing its occupants.
I remember peeptoad and maybe sepsism (I think) being big fans. Would love to see them vouch for it a bit.
Whatcha all think? 'Lost' classic or victim of the overhype machine?
Been seeing this 'un pimped out for a good 10 years now all the way back to that ancient place they call "imdb." Well, I finally caught up with it....
Pretty good, but not the masterpiece I expected and genuinely much funnier than I anticipated as well. I get that this was based on a true story or whatever (is it really?) and it's intended to be "realistic" and stuff, but did the killer have to be so pathetic? Jesus Christ he's lucky he stumbled into the house he did and not one occupied by, well, anyone else. Fucker woulda got his ass handed to him. In fact, the elderly woman actually put up a good fight.
I like that they made him SO damn crazy that he lost all rationale and was sloppy, made many mistakes and had these wildly exaggerated ideas about how his continuing murder spree would go. Anyone with even the slightest bit of sanity left would've realized he'd get caught immediately after leaving the house.
I dunno. I liked the film. The direction was amazing, music good. It definitely didn't feel like your average horror film from the early 80s, and I appreciated that it was a bit off the beaten path. I think I just felt things sorta dragged a bit when he was in the house and had so much trouble killing its occupants.
I remember peeptoad and maybe sepsism (I think) being big fans. Would love to see them vouch for it a bit.
Whatcha all think? 'Lost' classic or victim of the overhype machine?
It's rather obscure so overhyped no and not sure if this was the first in its genre, what genre is it actually? There is home invasion, torture (if you can call it that) and murder. The dominant voice over story telling/thoughts is a trick that has been done to death during the early exploitation cinema during the 60s. Especially Doris Wishman did this a lot.
I don't mind low budget but being in the 80s I don't expect a movie to be predominantly voice over any more. He didn't have much interesting to say/think but that's just me.
So no for me it's not a lost gem. It's raw and cold I give it that but people thinking it is realistic that's far fetched. I thought it was incredibly unbelievable he was actually able to drive a car given his first trial ended in a collision and a bit later he drove like an experienced driver uh what?
3 years later came Henry portrait of a Serial Killer, a much better movie in the genre IMO.
Angst has its fanbase and I guess it's because there is not many movies like it. But I doubt it was the first. I know a few older even cheaper but have to look into my list. Voice over can be nice but it got rather monotonous after a while. And yes there is definitely people loving it because it's not American. Especially in Europe there is some who loathe American stuff but a French/German whatever copy of it is suddenly fresh. Not saying Angst is a copy of an American movie but personally I don't think it showed anything captivating or interesting I had not seen in some older flicks.
Anyway I'll search for the titles I had in mind. Deranged (1974) is actually one that might fall into this category and I think it's much better than Angst too.