The Hooker Cult Murders
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Actor: Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Karen Black, Yvette Brind'amourDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: St Clair Vision
Movie Reviews of The Hooker Cult Murders
Movie Review: aka The Pyx
Summary: 3 Stars
A prostitute (Karen Black) dies after falling off a tall building and a Montreal policeman (Christopher Plummer) investigates what he believes is a murder.
HOOKER CULT MURDERS is a little more substantial than its title would lead one to believe. It begins with Black's character's death and follows to different threads - the story of the hooker leading up to her death and the story of the police investigation. So Black and Plummer never share a scene, but both are pretty good - Black as a drugged out prostitute dragged into something beyond her understanding, Plummer as an obsessed investigator. The movie was filmed in Montreal, and it has a nice naturalistic feel to it.
Still it's pretty long and winding, and interest flags sooner than the explanatory scenes at the end which tie up the mysteries. In fact, I thought the ending was kind of silly. The transfer print was in okay to good condition, watchable but not something you're going to savor.
An okay cappuccino movie (a cappuccino movie being one that costs less than a cup of gourmet coffee.) Recommended without reservations for Karen Black and/or Christopher Plummer fans.