FATAL BOND is an Aussie addition to the run of psycho-thrillers that did tidy business in the early 1990s after the success of FATAL ATTRACTION and the likes of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. It's a low budget enough piece of entertainment that nonetheless has some undeniable charm in terms of era and setting, and somehow I always find these 'Ozploitation' movies more enjoyable than their American counterparts, possibly because they're more unfamiliar. FATAL BOND's directed by Vincent Monton, who previously wrote LONG WEEKEND among others.
This one sees imported American starlet Linda Blair (of THE EXORCIST fame, of course, and with a subsequent career in B-movie cinema) playing a young woman who gets a new boyfriend in the form of the edgy Jerome Ehlers. The problem is that Ehlers always seems to attract violence and on top of that a young girl he was seen talking to at the beach is found dead the next morning. Is Blair's new beau a serial killer? You'll have to watch this to find out, but it moves through the genre tropes with ease and provides a slice of switch-off-the-brain viewing material. Ehlers gives a good and mysterious performance in this and I always like Blair although she's not the world's greatest actress. The requisite sex and shower scenes tease nudity although Blair plays it tame for most of the running time.
This one sees imported American starlet Linda Blair (of THE EXORCIST fame, of course, and with a subsequent career in B-movie cinema) playing a young woman who gets a new boyfriend in the form of the edgy Jerome Ehlers. The problem is that Ehlers always seems to attract violence and on top of that a young girl he was seen talking to at the beach is found dead the next morning. Is Blair's new beau a serial killer? You'll have to watch this to find out, but it moves through the genre tropes with ease and provides a slice of switch-off-the-brain viewing material. Ehlers gives a good and mysterious performance in this and I always like Blair although she's not the world's greatest actress. The requisite sex and shower scenes tease nudity although Blair plays it tame for most of the running time.