October of Horror #13: Killer! (1989)
Posted by Trixter on October 13, 2018
(For an explanation of what these posts in October are, see the parent post.)
Synopsis
A psychopath works his way across the midwest killing nearly everyone he meets. He claims he cannot be killed — if so, can he be stopped?
Opinion
Robert Rodriguez’s film El Mariachi is widely regarded as one of the most engaging and polished films ever made on a microbudget. What is commonly overlooked is Tony Elwood’s Killer!, made three years earlier, on the same low budget. While the story is nothing amazing — crazy person goes crazy and kills people — it is handled in about as professional a manner as possible for a total budget of $8500. The film stock alone must have cost that much, so no idea how they got the film made, but they did, and it looks great for what it is.
Of course, nothing is perfect; there are night scenes where you can hear the film camera, the generator, or both in the background. Some blood exits wounds at bizarre angles. Not everyone can act. But for $8500, it’s damn impressive.
Recommendation
It’s not for everyone, but if you want to see a psychopath dispatching everyone from his parents to a car mechanic, using guns, knives, fire, a crowbar, etc. then you could do a lot worse.
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