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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 6 2015, 05:14 PM (246 Views) | |
| GL84 | Nov 6 2015, 05:14 PM Post #1 |
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Killer's Therapist
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![]() After a strange rash of local killings, a police detective finds that the reports of a cop committing the crimes aren't leading to the forces' scapegoat and rather to a former member though dead and tries to help him clear his name against the true killer. What did everyone think of this one? |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| GL84 | Nov 6 2015, 05:14 PM Post #2 |
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Overall this one here was quite the fun and exciting offering with a lot to like about it. What really gives this one a lot of its main enjoyment here is the fact that this one does so much of taking the reason for trusting the police-force out on duty and warps it into something to be feared, with the main gimmick of the undead policeman still wearing his old uniform bringing in the unlucky victims only to turn the tables on them. The kind of fear and panic this generates is quite fun and impressive here, as the early stalking scenes out on the city streets showing this off makes for quite a fun time here as this manages to keep the suspense going of whether or not it's possible to trust the police in uniform here with the identity behind him being quite mysterious and hidden so there's a lot to like here. Even furthering this is the slow- building angle of this one getting the framed-innocent-officer storyline as part of this one as there's a much bigger amount of deception required here to pull that off and manages to make this quite fun going about this. Not only does that play into the slasher angle here as this makes for a perfect foil to keep the killings going despite being held prisoner the entire time, there's plenty of action in here as these lead into the truly startling and wholly enjoyable mid-section here where he goes to town on the police force and launches a massive attack at the officers there after he's held for questioning, and the rampage is packed with brutal, bloody highlights and tons of fine action in the brawling and stalking to stop him, then gets quite fun as they have to maneuver through the corpses left behind only to make the mistake of being there to take the fall again. That makes the action even better in the later half, with the appearance at the police headquarters leading to the suspenseful stalking of the policewoman despite being handcuffed to a dead partner, the escape from the trapped supply room in front of the other officers and finally the out-of-control car chase through the streets leading back to the docks where the great shoot-out occurs and leads into the thrilling resolution here. There's enough fun here in the back-story for what happened here to keep this going along nicely with a fine series of flashbacks to his true identity and what happened that there's some fine motivation for his actions while making sure that the supernatural aspects throughout here are given some rather nicely-appointed reasoning as the early scenes of the inhuman killer seem appropriate given the later revelations given. As the make-up for the undead killer looks great and the kills are certainly gruesome and bloody enough, these here are more than enough to make this a highly enjoyable effort which holds out over its few flaws nicely. The only area that holds this down is the length it goes to keep the false-accusation thread going, blatantly ignoring tons of witness testimony and their own officers' accounts merely to keep his neck on the line and enabling the rampage to continue when it makes no sense to continue it. Otherwise, this one here is a pretty enjoyable and entertaining slasher. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Baby Firefly | Feb 27 2016, 06:21 AM Post #3 |
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The Devil Himself
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Five minutes into this and I'm totally in love with the music. I honestly have NO idea what took me so long to get to this but I'm watching all three of them tonight.
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| Baby Firefly | Feb 27 2016, 01:12 PM Post #4 |
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I love that the opening credits made this seem like it'd be some dark, dramatic film when it's actually not THAT serious. For the most part, the deaths got better as the film went on (not counting the dozen or so bland gunshot kills) and I was surprised to see this end up with close to two dozen deaths altogether. For some reason, I went into this expecting five or six kills total. After all, a lot of people don't see this as a slasher. Now I REALLY don't understand why. People consider The Majorettes of a slasher so if that can be one (it certainly is) so can this. ![]() I recognized quite a few people in this (and not just the three guys who got top billing - who all did a really good job here, I should add). Bruce Campbell was really hot in this movie. I thank the uniform. I was surprised that Spoiler: click to toggle Teresa going undercover as a hooker was a bit funny. The older blonde woman (Sally, I think her name was) was definitely one of my favorite characters. The shower flashback was brutal. The ending was especially action packed (that van flip was perfect!) and I was satisfied with the death order and survivors.Not a masterpiece but a very fun, interesting little movie with a recognizable cast, good villain, big bodycount, and plenty of action. 6/10 quality, 7+/10 entertainment. |
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| Cherry Darling | Mar 10 2016, 03:34 AM Post #5 |
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Killer's Accomplice
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I'm rewatching this now, since I haven't seen it since I was a kid. I love that Rhonda from Killer Workout is randomly in this. |
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| Cherry Darling | Mar 10 2016, 10:10 PM Post #6 |
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So this was pretty fun. It's pretty much what you would get if you put an 80's slasher and a cheesy 80's action flick in a blender. Theresa was definitely my favorite, and I agree with John that Bruce Campbell looked insanely hot in this, but I find him attractive in general. I totally love how this is suppose to be in NY, but you can see Palm Trees in the background in certain scenes, so it was totally filmed in LA. Atleast partially I don't know why they didn't just have it take place in LA, but whatever. Even though she wasn't a favorite or anything, I think Ellen should have had more to do, but I do love Spoiler: click to toggle The killer cop was pretty scary, and the flashback at the prison was pretty well-done and brutal. Especially the face slashing and knee to the chin. Ouch! I'm glad I rewatched this, especially since I liked it alot better this time around. |
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| GL84 | Mar 28 2016, 04:05 PM Post #7 |
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That's my viewing habits to a tee. Anything made resembling those qualities are not only must-watch but at a minimum 8/10 even without watching it. |
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Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs. My review blog: http://donshorrormovieblog.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Baby Firefly | Jun 26 2018, 12:10 AM Post #8 |
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The Devil Himself
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Bruce Campbell is SO fucking fine in this movie.
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