My favorite movie by director Ray Dennis Steckler has to be THE THRILL KILLERS. After that one there's a big drop-off in quality but Steckler seemed like a nice enough guy who was really into making cheap drive-in fodder so I always give his films a shot even if they mostly disappoint in the excitement department. This one here is a pretty rough sit. The whole movie is shot silently, Steckler only added sound and voice-over narration after his distributors forced him to, so it's got a bizarre feeling right from the start. The whole film basically consists of two scenes repeated over and over again. "The Hollywood Strangler" goes to see call-girls and unconvincingly chokes them to death, then our female star, "The Skid Row Slasher", slices the necks of some old dirty bums and at the end the title comes true in a not so very spectacular fashion. You do get some boobs and some colorful 70's blood thrown in but it hardly makes up for the slow-pace and repetitious scenes. Luckily I own this on a DVD with commentary by Joe Bob Briggs which makes it way more entertaining.
Supposedly this was found in mass-murderer Ted Bundy's personal movie collection so I guess check it out if you're a very forgiving serial killer or crap movie fan or both.
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