The Strangler

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Hagrid S Apr 28, 2018 Oddball, but enjoyable low-budget horror film features Victor Bruno as an overweight, insecure lab technician with an overbearing mother, which somehow drives him to become a serial killer, strangling nurses at the hospital where he works. "The Strangler" capitalized on Bruno's Oscar nominated performance in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and although this clearly a lesser film, it does have a low rent William Castle type of charm. Bruno carries the film, giving a creepy performance as an unassuming killer along the lines of David Berkowitz or John Wayne Gacy, far removed from the usual more flamboyant of serial killers presented on films (i.e. Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho," Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter", etc.). Overall, it's not a classic and is not for all tastes, but if you're in the mood for something along the lines of "Strait-Jacket" or "Homicidal," you'd probably enjoy this low budget chiller. See more

Anakin M Apr 7, 2018 Victor Buono - what a tragedy he didn't live another decade or two!! And Ellen Corby is such a delight in all her roles. Yes this is a quickie production which was churned out in only a few months, but somehow the many aspects of the film came together under fine direction to make this psychological study well worth watching. Granted some of the characterizations are a bit "textbook psychosis", but that was perhaps a level that audiences best able to relate to the subject matter at the time. See more

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