Well, I'm the next person who couldn't sleep last night and turned on the TV at 3:00 AM to Turner Movie Classics channel! What I saw was the most bizarre, offensive, scary, compelling and bloody movie I've seen in a long time – 'Poor Pretty Eddie.' And, I could tell it was heavily edited.
Personally, I don't like movies with graphic blood, kidnapping, and abuse. I wouldn't choose to watch them. But, this movie had so many other weird and interesting aspects that I did like it.
Y'all are correct that you get the feeling that you're witnessing something so horrific and inhumane, yet you can't stop watching it..., (although, you might have to look away every now and then), because of the creative way that it was filmed and the strong and creepy acting. At the same time, there was a thread of bizarre humor and almost comical 'over the top' acting, as y'all call it. The casting was outstanding.
The movie ended without identification, credits, or commentary. very strange – and that adds to the bizarre aura of this thing. (I understand from a previous post that it began the same way.)
I got the impression that it was very artistic – in a trashy and cheesy kind of way. The cheap special effects were beautifully overdone. It was a "very 1970's" style to me - kind of a cross between 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' with themes of racism and abusive rednecks. (Oh, and by-the-way, I live in Georgia and the river mentioned in the movie is just a few miles away. I can relate to the 'redneck' theme!)
I've never seen this genre of movie before, and I'm no movie critic, but this was a very interesting film, and I'm going to try to find the remastered DVD (and someone I think might like this kind of 'art' to watch it with me. It's not for everyone).
I'd recommend this movie to anyone who thinks he might like it, based on the good and fair descriptions of it in these reviews. The entertainment experience I had was well worth the offense I took to it, and the revulsion that I felt.
(WARNING: Buy or rent the unedited movie. Do not watch it on television at 3AM when you can't sleep. Then you really won't be able to go back to sleep, for trying to mentally process what you just saw.)
Personally, I don't like movies with graphic blood, kidnapping, and abuse. I wouldn't choose to watch them. But, this movie had so many other weird and interesting aspects that I did like it.
Y'all are correct that you get the feeling that you're witnessing something so horrific and inhumane, yet you can't stop watching it..., (although, you might have to look away every now and then), because of the creative way that it was filmed and the strong and creepy acting. At the same time, there was a thread of bizarre humor and almost comical 'over the top' acting, as y'all call it. The casting was outstanding.
The movie ended without identification, credits, or commentary. very strange – and that adds to the bizarre aura of this thing. (I understand from a previous post that it began the same way.)
I got the impression that it was very artistic – in a trashy and cheesy kind of way. The cheap special effects were beautifully overdone. It was a "very 1970's" style to me - kind of a cross between 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' with themes of racism and abusive rednecks. (Oh, and by-the-way, I live in Georgia and the river mentioned in the movie is just a few miles away. I can relate to the 'redneck' theme!)
I've never seen this genre of movie before, and I'm no movie critic, but this was a very interesting film, and I'm going to try to find the remastered DVD (and someone I think might like this kind of 'art' to watch it with me. It's not for everyone).
I'd recommend this movie to anyone who thinks he might like it, based on the good and fair descriptions of it in these reviews. The entertainment experience I had was well worth the offense I took to it, and the revulsion that I felt.
(WARNING: Buy or rent the unedited movie. Do not watch it on television at 3AM when you can't sleep. Then you really won't be able to go back to sleep, for trying to mentally process what you just saw.)