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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 0030306814698
Format: Subtitled, Color, Full Screen
Label: Dark Sky Films
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Dark Sky Films
MPN: MPID8146D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dark Sky Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Running Time: 95 minutes
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
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Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 11/20/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R
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This Curtis Harrington rarity, finally released after many years locked in vaults, rivals Games visually but might be his masterpiece because of its truly chilling plot. The Killing Kind is a disturbing psychological thriller about a mother-son relationship gone awry as the mother discovers that her son is a serial killer. In this Freudian drama, Terry (John Savage) is released from prison after a two-year stint following a rape charge, heading straight for the support of his mother, Thelma (Ann Sothern), as he relocates to her cat-infested mansion. Immediately, their odd, incestuous relationship reveals itself, as they neglect the outside world to revel in shared morbid fantasies. The first death reference occurs in a bizarre scene in which the two laugh uproariously over an elderly neighbor's death, while Thelma flings bacon around in the kitchen. Her overprotective attitude towards Terry is developed as the motivation behind his inability to interact with women his age in a loving manner. When roommate Lori (Cindy Williams) moves in, for example, Terry spies on her undressing through a barred window, petting their cat so vigorously that he strangles it. From here, Terry's predatorial obsessions escalate until Thelma is forced to cover for her son's brutally twisted crimes. Terrifying moments throughout the film are conveyed through gorgeous camera work and drawn symbolic connections between phallic totems and weaponry. The best aspect of the film is its script, which is eerily psychotic and authentic. An added bonus on this DVD is an interview with Harrington recalling highlights in his career. The release of The Killing Kind serves as a tribute to this auteur's recent death, which hopefully will encourage new viewers to investigate Harrington's fascinating, horrific oeuvre. --Trinie Dalton
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The Killing Kind is a strange film indeed and one that I believe deserves closer scrutiny. I'll leave that up to the genre's talking heads though as I'm sure there's no doubt some angle here that's begging to be analyzed and over-analyzed. Personally, I'm more interested in the entertainment value of this release and I'll be darned if Savage and Sothern don't deliver it! Their onscreen relationship was absolutely disturbing and went a long way toward giving the viewers a better understanding of what ... Read More
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The Killing Kind A really dark thriller with Ann Southern and her motherly love for her bastard son, who hates all women other than his drunk mother, who he blames for his lost life. Cindy Williams's acting would have been almost average with wearing less clothes, delivering lines like, "I've never done it before in a bathtub", wow I could really feel her pain, not. And the girl next door, with the bonus of old dad in a wheelchair, what a winner, with "You could have raped me and I would not have said ... Read More
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Only one of the reviews for this film belongs here.The video box picture shown above of a man walking carrying a gun and a briefcase is a totally different movie with the same title.This film does not feature Ann Sothern,John Savage or Cindy Williams and was not directed by Curtis Harrington.The movie for the picture shown is a British film from The 2000s not the American-made drive-in classic from The '70s about a serial killer that features a young,scantily clad Cindy Williams.Buyer beware!
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Terry (John Savage, The Deer Hunter) returns to his mother Thelma's (Ann Sothern) crumbling Los Angeles mansion after serving two years in prison for his participation in the alleged gang rape of a young girl (Sue Bernard, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). Renting out rooms in their home to elderly women, Mama and Junior share their first big laugh talking about the undignified demise of one of their former tenants. Terry has a score to settle, as he runs his former accuser's car off the road and then murders ... Read More
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The Killing Kind is a movie about a young man who has a very controlling and obsessive mother. This same theme rings true in a lot of psycho type films. Terry returns home from some type of institution, I'm guessing a criminal detention center of some sort. When he comes home he moves back in with his deranged mother who operates a boarding house. Terry's urges become too much for him to suppress and he begins to act out again. Great acting for a movie that probably didn't receive much attention. Great ... Read More
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