Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Boston Strangler (1968)

Second viewing; first viewed on September 8, 1990.

A series of murders by strangling of women in the Boston area terrify the female population. The police interrogates every suspect of sexual misconduct in the area of the crimes.

Anyone who read the Wikipedia page for the real Boston Strangler case will see that this film is merely a work of fiction with very little respect for the known facts of that case. As for the psychiatric discourse that the movie puts in display, I, speaking from a layman's perspective, say that one should not take it too seriously. All that being said, the film impresses for its formal creativity.

Pan-and-scan viewing, except for the split-screen parts.

Rating: 50 (down from 64)

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