Perfect Victims

Tom Dugan as Brandon Poole gives a chilling tour-de-force performance. The scene of him surrounded by his childhood trophies when the newscaster enrages him is one of the all time best. There are also some great one-liners in this film that you'll remember long after the credits fade. What makes it so scary is the people who can seem so calm and harmless on the surface are the ones who behind closed doors can become the most frightening. I also believe Kelly from Cheers is in this movie in a notable footnote. Tom Dugan is terrific in this and would love to see him again in the same kind of role because he does play it so well.

Judging from the slipcase of this video, I was expecting another bra-and-panties thriller...this, however, is one unexpectedly mean-spirited little flick.

Filmed in Los Angeles environs, this poorly distributed film denotes girls from a distinguished modeling agency being stalked by an AIDS infected rapist who harbors a sick desire to infect his victims. The ensuing rape scenarios are graphic and highly unsettling, and will likely upset sensitive viewers(females, especially, should proceed with caution). MOD SQUAD veteran Clarence Williams III is on hand as the ironclad investigator, and he performs well(as do the other principal castmembers...a surprise for a film as minor as this).

Despite potent moments, however, the overall handling of PERFECT VICTIMS is fairly pedestrian...on the whole, it's a nothing-terribly-special film which might be of passing interest to enthusiasts of disturbing crime cinema.

5/10

Few films have left me with such a feeling of unease, and this is not a compliment. Since I saw it in a theater (How it ended there I can only wonder) I was subjected to 90 mn of hateful, derivative garbage, the main impression being a bit like this other sick-o movie "Don't answer the phone" - but worse. The nastiness of it all, rape and all, is shown without any distance (unlike strong stuff like "Last house on the left") and utter contempt for the (perfect ?) victims and everybody involved, leaving the viewer to be treated as a sadistic voyeur. At the end I felt like taking a shower. No credits to the director

Sick film about an AIDs infected psychopath raping and infecting innocent woman. What is the point of this film? This is not entertaining or terrifying ; just terribly demented. Some passable acting, but the storyline is just too mentally disturbing. Bring a barf bag with you, if you decide to watch this toilet bowl waste of film making.

The rape scenes were a bit too graphic.But I thought the film had something about the sick world we inhabit.And the acting was suprisingly good,especially the scene where Deborah Shelton interviews the girls for a modeling job.They were all so natural.Even Miss Shelton!.I would definately recommend this movie.The tension was unbearable at times!