shrike22
Joined Apr 2000
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I enjoyed this film. Wings Hauser is so good and has such presence. When you watch him, as Ram Rod, you hate him. This film is taut and gritty. It captured street life, perfectly. I like the fact that the film doesn't linger on morality. It had quite a nihilistic feel to it. There's one particular scene, in which Season Hubley is at a bar talking 'shop' with her fellow hookers. It was a scene of pure honesty. Some women do what they've got to do to make a living and there's nothing wrong with it.
Wings Hauser plays a crazed pimp, Ram Rod, who loves to punish his hookers by torturing them to death. Gary Swanson, plays a determined vice cop out to stop this psycho. When Hubley's best friend is killed by Hauser, she is blackmailed, by Swanson, to go undercover to bring this psycho pimp down.
This film had such a relentless pace and it puts you on the edge of your seat. This is the type of film that graced the screens at 'The Deuce', during it's hey-day. It's a forgotten gem, an exploitation classic.
Wings Hauser plays a crazed pimp, Ram Rod, who loves to punish his hookers by torturing them to death. Gary Swanson, plays a determined vice cop out to stop this psycho. When Hubley's best friend is killed by Hauser, she is blackmailed, by Swanson, to go undercover to bring this psycho pimp down.
This film had such a relentless pace and it puts you on the edge of your seat. This is the type of film that graced the screens at 'The Deuce', during it's hey-day. It's a forgotten gem, an exploitation classic.
I remember watching this film on late night TV back in 1978. Even thought I only caught the last 15 minutes, it was enough to creep me out. I was able to watch it in full a few years later on video. I had trouble sleeping, afterwards. This film is a classic of horror. The recent dead are mysteriously resurrecting and attacking the living. They eat their victims. The film's opening sequence is so chilling that it sets the tone for the rest of the picture. The plot involves eight people, who take shelter, in an abandoned farmhouse, from the flesh-eating ghouls. They sit in horror as they listen to the news that most of the nation is under siege from them. The film is relentless in pace throughout, thanks to a well-written narrative, cinema verite' style camera work, and good editing tequnique. The film also has a sense of humor, though not intentional (some of the newscasts will make you chuckle). This comic relief is temporary as the film leads to its tragic and ironic conclusion. George Romero is a truly gifted man. If you've never seen this film, I urge you to do so. I you have...see it again!