Great entertainment for late night viewing, and
still making the rounds. This is also one of director
Fritz Lang's favorite films and has a lot to recommend. First and foremost is one dynamic cast, especially Vincent Price as the smug, arrogant head
of a metropolitan newspaper that is competing
with rival papers to get the scoop on a
pyscho on the loose, better know as the Lipstick Killer (and well played by young John Drew Barrymore). Strangely, the film received critical
reviews through the years, but it has stood the test of time because it may have been ahead of
its time in the first place. The story is basically two-fold. First, its a fascinating look at the media
and the people, good, bad or indifferent, who
bring the story to you. Second, this is a neat little
crime thriller, and possibly the first of its kind to zoom in exclusively on a serial killer. An interesting footnote is the big letter "K", which represents the name of the newspaper, was an old prop from CITIZEN KANE! Recommended.
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