Movies like this frustrate me. The lead actor, Marvin W. Schwartz, is decent and the story isn't bad but it's so poorly filmed that the whole thing suffers for it. Marvin plays Norman Bird, an aging New York City comic desperate to be a celebrity. He comes to believe that killing people will get him remembered much better then his comedy routine. He personally thinks his stuff is funny but is too dark to be appreciated, and soon is fired from the comedy club he's paid to perform in. If the murders Normal commits were creatively done in some way this movie might have had a chance to at least please the slasher crowd. People just died way too easily as well. I understand and even like a lot of low budget movies despite some obvious mistakes but to not even have realistic sound effects (for example, laughing in the club) in most places is not a budget issue but a lazy Director issue. The jittery camera work where it didn't need it was distracting too. However, the acting was decent and it had some well written dialog. The score was pretty unimpressive except for the main piano theme which isn't bad. The movie was interesting enough that I wish the Director would have put just one more week or two into post-production.
