This is a pretty weird slice of 70s dramatic horror. Our main character(John Savage) gets forced to participate in a gang rape, which is a hell of a way to open your film, and then goes to jail. When he gets out he gets his revenge on society by offing various ladies, including Cindy Williams(best known as Shirley Feeney of LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY fame) who we get to peruse in her underpants. While this obviously makes him a very unsympathetic fellow to follow around when you meet his overly loving mother(Ann Sothern), who likes to get those "good" on-the-lip kisses from her boy and to take photos of crazy boy's nekkid ass in the shower, it almost makes this psychopathic creep's messed up brain misfirings understandable. It also fits into that "creepy family" genre of horror flicks(best and probably most famously exemplified by THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE) that I love greatly. I only just heard of this one recently and I'm glad I did because it's definitely worth a look for 70s horror fans who've seen everything else a zillion times. Probably also good for lovers of chocolate milk since it seems to be featured in every other scene. Maybe not so great for animal lovers though since a rat and a cat don't fare very well in a couple of scenes.
Don't watch this clip if you dig rats!:
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