The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher - 1979
(This Film Rates a D )
A male serial killer hunts slutty models who are expecting a photo shoot. The killer is living in his head, having conversations with himself and imagines conversations with the models. In this way he can justify his actions and is able to kill with ease. It has a documentary tone. But wait! There is also a female slasher killing with a switchblade knife. Wandering drunks get sliced and diced in the throat in a not so exciting bloody manner. At some point the stories collide with a very predictable yet unrealistic climax and ending. Its low budget, dark, crude, dire and repetitive. The set and setting are bare bones. The strangling's could have been more intense if the acting was better, but they just carry on a bit too far and become mundane. The knifing victims are quick and bloody but not quite enough to satisfy. None of the killings are realistic. The soundtrack is poor and lackluster. The filler city street scenes are truly awesome in a nostalgic kind of way with some T&A to make this not a total failure. Though this film isn't a total waste it never fully lives up to its potential mainly due to budget constraints.
