THE LEECH WOMAN (1960)

  I was pretty disappointed that this didn't feature a literal "leech-woman" and instead featured a lady who goes around murdering men to drain their pineal gland which gives her temporary beauty and youth thanks to an African tribe that performed some voodoo ritual on her. I get that it's all a big metaphor for women's fear of aging but the film drags for quite a bit until we get to any murderous rampages. I'd probably choose THE WASP WOMAN over this for a similarly themed outing just because that one actually does have a monster.   

SPEAK NO EVIL (2022)

 I've seen the trailer for the American remake of this Dutch/Danish horror flick before every new movie I've seen in a theater for what seems like the last year. I can't say that I was very interested in watching it but I kept hearing about how brutal the original European version was so I decided to check it out. While there are some rather brutal events at the very end of the movie(involving a child and a naked Dutch couple) I can't say there's really much here to recommend this to anyone. I've read that the director, Cristian Tafdrup, was attempting to make the point that people are generally more concerned with being polite than appearing rude(inn this case even in the face of some pretty obviously bad signs). While this may be a concern in Europe I'm not sure folks being overly polite is a problem I run into very often being an American(specifically being a New Yorker!). The film leaves the viewer feeling the same frustration that the FUNNY GAMES movies do and I was certainly no fan of those either. 

SEE NO EVIL (1971)

  Mia Farrow becomes blind after taking a fall off her horse. As she is learning to navigate this new world a murderer shows up with some very bad intentions. This film is really good at building tension and Mia is, as usual, really good at portraying a vulnerable victim of circumstance here. While there are some obvious comparisons to WAIT UNTIL DARK from a few years earlier the plot is different enough to give this it's own uniqueness. AKA BLIND TERROR

                 Shown in England, Australia and other places as BLIND TERROR:

 

HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986)

  While this movie plays it fast and loose with the actual events in the life of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas' and his demented buddy Otis Toole it still manages to crank out a compelling look into the minds of a couple of white-trash sleazebag psychopaths.  The great Michael Rooker, in what might be his greatest role, delivers a real downer of a performance but don't let that dissuade you from this if you can handle some true-crime with a very liberal interpretation of reality. 

 There was a sequel in 1996 without Rooker starring and I've never heard anyone say much good about it. 

                     Some Joe Coleman artwork really spices up this poster!: