Three thugs--Tom, Dick, and Harry (a woman)--break into the penthouse apartment of an adulterous couple and proceed to terrorize them, until the unexpected happens.Three thugs--Tom, Dick, and Harry (a woman)--break into the penthouse apartment of an adulterous couple and proceed to terrorize them, until the unexpected happens.Three thugs--Tom, Dick, and Harry (a woman)--break into the penthouse apartment of an adulterous couple and proceed to terrorize them, until the unexpected happens.
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UPDATED: The Penthouse Movie Review 1967. Crocodiles Live in the Sewer! Peter Collinson Suzy Kendall
ADDENDUM: The "Alligator Monologue" terror scene is available at COMPETITOR. OOGA BOOGAl!
At about minute 40, the home invader runs out of material to terrorize the bound human female. Like a Medicine Ape Storyteller of old, his mind grabs for a preposterous premise ..."and crocodiles live in the sewer." Which is actually a terrifying thought to those who live above said infested sewers. And to those 40 stories up in The Penthouse, apparently. Or, the human male home invader ran out of material in his said pea-brain and chose to extrapolate and enrich the "crocodiles live in sewers" bit as his next piece de resistance for the purposes of terrifying The Penthouse female for another 30 minutes? Great material for some of us thirsting for new ideas about crocs. But bad theory generally.
This movie has been added to the "Some Humans Are Wily"/"Hostage Narrative" Genre Category.
There is a certain stylish quality mixed in with some 60's kitsch that,at the beginning, gives it a certain avant-garde quality. This though is soon killed by it's very pedestrian script. The thugs go from being child like to dumb and the couple is just plain boring. Why we should have any concern for these people is about as nebulous as to why any of this is even happening. The whole thing is stretched out so much that one is incredulous to believe that the director really thought any viewer would find this even remotely gripping or suspenseful.
Flat and forgettable. The only distinction this has is to see just how boring and uninvolving a film purported to be a 'thriller' can be. It's hard to imagine that there could be anything worse.
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Barbara Willason: Wouldn't it be marvellous if this flat were ours?
Bruce Victor: At 15,000? You must be joking.
Barbara Willason: How did you get it?
Bruce Victor: It was easy, my love. When you're the honoured representative extraordinaire of the Brandon Estate Agency, you're in the happy position to take advantage of your clients' generosity in their absence.
Barbara Willason: And what if they find out?
Bruce Victor: My dear, love, with the owner sitting in the Bahamas, how can he?
[raising his mug]
Bruce Victor: God bless you, Sir... and may the sun rot you.
Barbara Willason: [the doorbell chimes] Bruce?
Bruce Victor: See who it is
- Alternate versionsThe only official home video release of this film appears to be the 1985(?) French subtitled "La Nuit Ed mesa Alligators" VHS from Interpix Video and Warner Filipacchi Vidéo. It was mostly likely the source for the attached commonly circulated online rip that says "Imported by Video Search of Miami / VSOM", who was known for selling VHS bootlegs of rare and foreign films before closing in 2012.
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- Runtime
- 1h 36m(96 min)
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- 1.85 : 1