I'm not one for multiple drafts*, but I do like to spend a while thinking about what kind of thing I want to say in a review long before I put fingers to keyboard**; I'll walk around the house, constructing paragraphs in my head, thinking about if I should mention this bit, and how I can segue from one point to another. This week; I have struggled to find things to say.
The reason for my struggle is the plot, which is unbelievably thin: A photographer / neo-nazi, captures, then rapes and kills a whole bunch of women with fake breasts.
And that's it.
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Sunday, 7 July 2013
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Maniac - Lisas Review
***SPOILERS***
Back with a familiar feel this week. This weeks movie felt like we were back on our Beyond Nasty challenge again. Is that a bad or good thing I hear you ask? Well, neither kinda..... this is one of those films that pass an hour and a half and you don't think its bad enough to slate, but at the same time you're left feeling kinda 'meh' about it. I don't want to be too unkind about this movie as it actually wasn't too bad, but I can't help but feel Joe Spinnell is more deserving of better material... unfortunate that he actually wrote 'Maniac'.
So our premis here is a middle aged, chunky, single man (Frank) living in New York. Its shown pretty much from the getgo that he's a bit of a freak. We are shown that he murders young women, scalps them and then places the scalp on a mannequins in his appartment. He has several mannequins, obviously hinting that he is a seasoned serial killer. After several nights of sleeping with his new scalp adorned mannequins. He goes out to find a new victim.
We are also made aware that he has a bit of a mother complex. His mum was a nasty piece of work who died in a car accident. Frank isn't quite ready to accept mummy dearest has gone so he seems to think each of the mannequins IS his mother, having full, allbeit one-sided conversations with her.
Back with a familiar feel this week. This weeks movie felt like we were back on our Beyond Nasty challenge again. Is that a bad or good thing I hear you ask? Well, neither kinda..... this is one of those films that pass an hour and a half and you don't think its bad enough to slate, but at the same time you're left feeling kinda 'meh' about it. I don't want to be too unkind about this movie as it actually wasn't too bad, but I can't help but feel Joe Spinnell is more deserving of better material... unfortunate that he actually wrote 'Maniac'.
So our premis here is a middle aged, chunky, single man (Frank) living in New York. Its shown pretty much from the getgo that he's a bit of a freak. We are shown that he murders young women, scalps them and then places the scalp on a mannequins in his appartment. He has several mannequins, obviously hinting that he is a seasoned serial killer. After several nights of sleeping with his new scalp adorned mannequins. He goes out to find a new victim.
We are also made aware that he has a bit of a mother complex. His mum was a nasty piece of work who died in a car accident. Frank isn't quite ready to accept mummy dearest has gone so he seems to think each of the mannequins IS his mother, having full, allbeit one-sided conversations with her.
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