Crazed

When I had bought this film for $6.00 at a used book store I didn't know what to expect. I thought this movie was interesting to watch. I do not know why the girl had to leave her apartment and still keep in touch with her boyfriend but my guess would be because of emotional problems in her life. She moves into a house that the people that live in it remind me of the tenants in the movie "The Sentinel". She ends up moving next door to some crazed wacko with alot of mental problems stemming from experiences in his past and the man begins to bother the girl after the old lady that is the landlady of the building tells him to do so and he thinks about it and gives it a try. She begins to push him away and gives him every excuse not to go out with him and he begins to get impatient. I will not give out anything that happens after this but as far as the overall movie goes I found it enjoyable to watch and the characters in the movie were perfect for their parts in this movie.

Crazed doesn't rewrite the rules of the horror genre or offer anything we haven't seen done to some extent or another, but for a low budget horror film, it accomplishes more than most and the attention to character drama and dynamics instead of offering a predicable slash fest is appreciated.

CRAZED is one obscure movie.

It's quite forgettable and boring but not bad. I've seen much worse than this.

While watching it, I couldn't figure out when it was made, who was in it or why it was made. I couldn't help but feel that this movie was made in the 1970s, not 80s. The whole cast is unknown to me. And the reason why it was made is even more obscure. It's not horrific enough to be considered an all-out horror film. But it's too gruesome to be considered a standard melodrama. The characters in the movie were all annoying, certainly the woman who's looking for a room. Talk about an unpleasant character. And the killer was such a loser that it's impossible to empathize with him. The filmmaking is neither this nor that. It's very conventional filmmaking with very little personal, artistic touches to it but it's not 100% commercial filmmaking because of its low budget.

In the end, it's like watching nothing at all.

BTW, this film is also known as BLOOD SHED. I wonder why they called it that because there's no shed to be found anywhere in the entire movie.

I really enjoyed every part of this movie. It was never dull and the characters were very well done. I especially liked the "crazy" guy Graham. Papas does a remarkable job portraying this kind of psychotic. He is charming and shy on the outside, but has real potential to lose his mind if provoked.

There are so many good things I could say about this hidden gem of a movie. The old ladies are fun - they talk about bad breath and halitosis and super market employees who are "hoodlums" and "all hair and pimples" - but it's not done in a cheesy way, and that's why it's so good.

There are unpredictable moments and unexpected twists. You know the guy is going to go crazy, but you don't know exactly how. He does a really good job hiding his feelings. And I must admit, being a girl alone in her apartment while watching this film freaked me out a little bit. The story is flat out creepy!!

One correction needs to be made on here, however. The crazy guy is not "mother dominated". The old lady is NOT his mother. His mother abandoned him when he was only 4 or 5 years old. This is when we see the flashback scenes to his childhood. His life may be dominated by the old lady, but accepts this willingly, and out of loneliness. She is not an evil dominatrix whatsoever. Just a kind old lady who is also lonely.

It's too bad "Rodney" didn't act in any other movies. He could play Mac Davis, if they ever made a film about him. ha, yeah right.

I also thought Karen was a good character. I would like to clear up another idea on here. Some reviewers don't know why she left the farm. It seemed plain to me that she left because she wanted to become a writer and couldn't do so while living with her boyfriend. I think she also wanted to get away from him and that kind of country living. She needed to get into a city and spend some time alone with her writing in a place of her own.

If you like good characters and psychological movies that keep you wondering what's going to happen next, you should see this one (if you can find it). Never a dull moment and not too unrealistic. 8/10.

And remember, in the words of the over-acting professor: To be a <insert overused swear words in here> good writer you don't just need discipline, you need DI-CI-PLINE!! (I could have done without this guy).

A diabetic seizures sufferer Karen wants to take a part in a creative writing course.She rents a room in Mrs Brewer's boarding house.One of the tenants is Grahame,obviously disturbed and mentally unstable ex G.I,who lives at the top floor.He falls in love with Karen and the consequences are deadly as the murders begin..."Crazed" is leisurely paced,but suspenseful psycho-slasher that owes a lot to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho".The acting is very good and the plot offers some twisted surprises and two gruesome killings including one fairly nasty stabbing scene and a strangling."Crazed" is quite similar in tone to "The Silent Scream" and "The Killing Kind",but I enjoyed it.8 out of 10.