Thriller - A Cruel Picture (Thriller - en grym film) (Hooker's Revenge) (They Call Her One Eye)

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Laurie S Excellent female revenge thriller. I love the girl/woman kickass films where they get retribution on the ones who have done them wrong. And this was a good film noir. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/19/23 Full Review brad p Thriller: A Cruel Picture is unflinching and visceral. Not for the faint of heart. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review delysid d Unbelievable! I might be the only one around here that likes this sort of thing. The most ridiculous thing about the film is the super close up hardcore sex scenes which I've never seen in any other movie. If it wasn't for that it wouldn't be so bad. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/02/17 Full Review Audience Member Kill Bill is nothing compared to this ;) Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A quiet girl, Madeleine (Christina Lindberg), is sexually assaulted during her childhood, and the trauma makes her mute. One day when she is older she accepts a ride from a man, Tony (Heinz Hopf), who makes her a heroin addict, and then becomes her pimp. To hide the fact that she was kidnapped, the Pimp writes hateful letters to the parents who become so distraught they commit suicide. At one point, she is stabbed in the eye for refusing a client. Madeleine then begins saving money to purchase a car to escape and take lessons in driving, shooting, and martial arts in order to take revenge... "Thriller - A Cruel Picture" also known as "They Call Her One Eye", "Hooker's Revenge" and "Thriller" is a 1973 Swedish exploitation film in the "rape and revenge" genre written and directed by Bo Arne Vibenius under the name Alex Fridolinski. This is one of those films you have red about, but never gotten to see. Until now. Got hold of a copy at the local flee market and to be honset I did expect a poor mans exploitation "rape and revenge" film, but low and behold it actually does have all sorts of qualities despite being a low budget trashy film. The story is of course quite disturbing in many ways and the exploitation of the mute and sweet Madeleine is not for the weak ones. The camera work is however nicely experimental and dynamic (Love the scene when the camera is placed on top of the speeding police car, between the two blaring sirens) and I love how Vibenius use the camera as the eyes of the characters on numerous occasions. The hardcore porn footage is of course questionable, as the infamous eye-gauging scene. It´s quite clear that the lovely Christina Lindberg is not involved in the porngraphic scenes as the editing is not properly coherent. Does this however add anything to the already strong abuse of Madeleine? Not really, but at the same time I like the fact that Vibenius took this as far as possible to create an impact on the screen. The same goes for his obvious action scene inspiration from Sam Peckinpah and the slow motion ultra violence truly adds a strong layer in the film. The impact of Madeleine all clad in black with her eyepatch and a shotgun is not something you forget either. There´s stark imagery and symbolism in her path to revenge. Plus there´s a truly evil Heinz Hopf as Tony. So, "Thriller" is not always logic and the dramatic scene structure isn´t always functional. Despite the fact that this belongs to a genre that is not fully of my liking, I did enjoy this exploitation flick as much as I did with Abel Ferrara´s "Ms. 45" which obviously was inspired by "Thriller". Trivia: Bo Arne Vibenius made this film to cover up the financial failure of his first film. His intention was to create "a commercial-as-hell crap-film". The actors had a clause in their contracts to ensure that they would not reveal who the director of the film really was. Swedish censorship banned the film in April 4, 1973. Despite the tag line, this is not the first Swedish film to be banned in Sweden, that was Trädgårdsmästaren (1912). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit slow and depicts unnecessary hardcore porn, but this movie still has some noteworthy aspects to it. This is one of the most violent movies ever made. No, it's not filled with over-the-top blood or deaths, but the way the deaths are depicted in slow motion with one of the creepiest soundtracks makes this a more disturbing than average revenge movie. This is a really dark movie and I would never recommend this movie to most people, but those who enjoy these kinds of movies may find something special here. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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