Night of the Strangler

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Audience Member kolchak at his finest Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member There are seeds of a good film here in a story about a man, The Monkees' Micky Dolenz, who disowns his sister after learning she is pregnant with boyfriend's baby because her boyfriend is black. The sister is later found murdered, which leads Dolenz and a black priest to investigate the murder, which has been disguised as a suicide, trying to find an individual with a peace-sign belt buckle who they suspect is the culprit. There could have been some interesting commentaries on race relations with this kind of a set-up, but the film is basically a cash grab exploiting the real-life Boston Strangler, who still at-large, and following a big budget Hollywood production a few years before about the Boston Strangler. Never mind that no characters are actually strangled and the story has nothing to do with that case. It's a super cheap production without any real scares or suspense, so there's not a lot to recommend outside of the novelty value of seeing Micky Dolenz is a very un-Monkees-like role. Well, he is still a bit of a 1960s hipster/hippie, but he plays a much darker character than his Monkees Micky character. Overall, "The Night of the Strangler" is a forgettable quickie low-budget picture that offers a darker role for Micky Dolenz, but is a missed opportunity for murder mystery about race relations. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Strange film which, though properly promoted as a horror/mystery film, could just have easily been developed into a whodunit/racial tension type of film. Thankfully the casting of Dolenz didn't transform this into a musical - and that's in spite of the fact that I've been a Monkees fan since the age of three! I have the impression that this film, in spite of a strong concept, was developed with cheap writing, cheap production, & a quick turnaround into theaters - probably drive-ins. The actors seem fine, but using stage/film school actors while using very few takes or rehearsals didn't work so well in this film. I will say that the plot twist near the end (veteran with a touch of PTSD) was a sliver of genius. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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