Thriller - A Cruel Picture
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Movie Reviews of Thriller - A Cruel Picture
Movie Review: Buy the Red version....get the hole film...if you get my drift!
Summary: 4 Stars
Ahh those 70's sexplotation films...what can Capt. Freaky say other than this one certainly "has its moments" and the erection/wetness factor gets it a full four stars! I think "bi-sexual" "freaky girls" will love this revenge against horny men Swedish film.
The only reason this film ultimately only gets 4 stars from me is because it just misses on some of the sex action. There is a strong, hard core, anal sex scene however, complete with the males climax, rare indeed for a 1974 film...I was getting all hot and bothered by a "potentially violent" hot sex scene when an attractive lesbian woman began slapping Christina Lindberg's face, in order to get her to kiss and fondle her breasts....but the scene was cut much too short, so then all the erotic tension building quickly subsided.
It does mostly deliver in the "sexual tension" department, a must for Capt. Freaky to recommend any film...the acting was not the best by anyone in the cast, and the slow motion murder sequences are tiresome and boring. Who cares how she kills these sex customers of hers? What mattered most was how they show her being abused by them! And on that note, the film mostly delivers.
As always, I would have enjoyed more in the rough sex department, but it was clear to me by the "visual condition" of the genitals being shown in the scenes, that our star Christina Lindberg, was NOT the actual woman who was having actual sex during those few scenes. It probably was some old, Swedish "has been" actress....I still give this film credit for showing real sex however, something rare in these types of films...where it is mostly poorly "simulated".
All in all I'd still recommend this film to those of you horny men and women out there who enjoy the old "freaky" stuff from the '70's. Its decent enough to get sufficiently excited to screw afterwards....or during it!
Movie Review: It inspired me as much as Quentin...
Summary: 4 Stars
Quentin Tarantino stated that "Thriller - A Cruel
Picture" was one of the greatest revenge films of all
time. As most of you know, Quentin is the director of
the Kill Bill volumes, "Jackie Brown", "Reservoir
Dogs", "Pulp Fiction" and "True Romance". After watching "Thriller",
there is no doubt that Quentin was inspired by this
purely "ADULT" (almost porno) revenge masterpiece of
30 YEARS AGO. Yes, it was released in 1974 by
director Bo Arne Vibenius of Sweden.
The film features Swedish Actress Christina Lindberg
as a tormented woman who was raped when she was a
child. I need not say anymore. This film is
definitely not for everyone...I wasn't really sure it
was for me...but since I enjoyed the Kill Bill volumes
immensely, I just had to watch one of the films that
inspired Tarantino's legacy.
There is nothing "family" about this flick.
Definitely keep the kids away. [...]
Mature themes aside, I must admit every victim in this
film deserves what he gets. If there's one lesson
learned from this film it is definitely the
correlation between men and "dogs". If men act like
"dogs", they deserve to be taken under the wing of
animal control. In this film, Christina Lindberg is
the Director of Animal Control.
Not for everyone...very explicit sex scenes...extreme
violence...but if you ever wanted to watch a true
"revenge" film...this three decade old classic still
holds its own.
In the adult sex thriller category, "Thriller" gets a 4. The only reason it doesn't get a 5 is that the special effects are dated (30 years), but back then, this was explicit violence.
Movie Review: Unredeeming of social value, I give it four stars.
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, make sure you buy the red (limited edition) and not the yellow (vengeance edition). The former has footage the latter doesn't have and you are watching this genre of movie, you probably aren't into tasteful edits for the sake of decency.
The film covers the abuse, rape, maiming and disfigurement of a comely young thing who was a child sexual abuse survivor. But don't cry for her, by the end of the film she is giving as good as she gets, and all those who touched her will be sorry/killed.
The sex in the red version is rated X where you can see the special hug that adults do in close up graphic detail, so close up in fact that it seems unlikely that the actress who plays the main character was used to film it. To put it simply, sex is definately being done, but it seems clipped from some other movie that amazon doesn't carry.
The action/violence is actually poor, and in slow motion similar to the action sequences from an old Bionic Man episode. But at least it is needlessly graphic and somehow fulfilling, when the entire work is seen as a gestalt.
Besides, if one wants slick Hollywood violence where the squibs fire on time and the blood doesn't look like a Ragu product you are better served with a Coppola or Tariantino movie. But if you want to be schocked sickened and titillated scores of times in an hour and a half, this is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. The main charcter is a deaf mute, but her violence speaks most eloquently about the sound and fury that is woman scorned.
Movie Review: Exploitation 70's Revenge Yarn
Summary: 4 Stars
The revenge flick is rarely ever pulled off with as much panache as in THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE.
Let's set aside, for a moment, the lame title. I mean really! A more appropriate title would be something like DIE!, DIE NOW! or DIE SWINE DIE, but that's an altogether different exegesis.
Essentially this is an extremely linear story that holds our attention with snippets of ultra-violence and hardcore anal action. I'm not kidding. Full on penetration.
So it's a fun watch, but the proportions are off. It's about a 60/30 split on the victimization/revenge ratio, which tends to be the flaw in lots of these 70's yarns like I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE. Jeez, how many times to you have to see a woman brutally savaged, raped and mutilated to get on board with her consequent merciless quest for vengeance. I'd say just once and the scoundrels have it coming. The fact is, from the first frame of flicks like this, I'm just marking time until the revenge. The part of the film that establishes the bad guys as deserving to be revenged upon is kind of like the oral sex in a porno: It's an okay warmup, but let's get to the screwing already.
Likewise, THRILLER has us a little antsy for the revenge to arrive, and when it does finally, I must confess it's not quite as ass-kicking as I had hoped. Alas.
Of course, it's a must see flick for anyone even remotely into the genre, and when it comes to the revenge game,"One Eye" most assuredly puts the likes of the celluloid Punisher to sheer and utter shame.
Movie Review: Deep Penetration
Summary: 4 Stars
OooooooK. This is not what I expected, then again it isn't an American film and I didn't realize that till later.
I was expecting something along the lines of Ms. 45 and Shaft, but what I got was a VERY intersting plot that was ahead of its time, but could have been thought through better...
...then again this some hard core porn, which happens to only devote about 10 minutes of the movie to the porn, which it uses to illistrate the reality of the star of the movie is going through.
The problem I have with this movie is not the porn, but rather the fact that everyone seemed to be psychic in the film. They always knew where to find who ever it was that they were after, no matter how remote, or unlikely the location, which led to a TON of loose ends in the film, but that is beside the point.
Considering the low amount of cash that went into this film, the concept itself, and the time period which it was made, I'd say it was definatly something I've never seen before, and still holds its own over the tests of time.
Horror and Gore fans should dig this one as well, as there is plenty of gore and interesting ways for peole to die, while at the same time, some of the death styles were WAY over done. Regardless, the eye poking scene was the BEST I've ever seen, infact Fulci couldn't ever touch this in a million years. The female actess HAS to have one eye in reality, and had to have a stunt eye in her socket or something!
Must watch at least once! Maybe twice for the sweet gina. ;)