A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
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| Christina Lindberg | ... | Madeline | |
| Heinz Hopf | ... | Tony / Pimp | |
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Despina Tomazani | ... | Lesbian sex buyer |
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Per-Axel Arosenius | ... | Madeline's Father (as Per Axel Arosenius) |
| Solveig Andersson | ... | Sally / Prostitute | |
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Björn Kristiansson | ||
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Marie-Louise Mannervall | ... | Woman in village |
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Hildur Lindberg | ... | Woman in village |
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Stig Lokrantz | ||
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Olle Nordlander | ||
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Marshall McDough | ... | (as Marshal Mc Donagh) |
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Gunnar Palm | ||
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Pamela Pethö-Galantai | ... | Young Frigga |
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Lennart Robertsson | ||
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Hans-Eric Stenborg | ... | Sex Buyer |
Rendered mute after a horrific assault in the park by a sadistic old paedophile, young Madeleine tries to escape the traumatic experience living in silence in her parents' farmhouse. However, things will take a turn for the worse, when an innocent offer for a lift by a handsome stranger in a flashy sports-car leads to a nightmarish life of prostitution, abuse, and drug addiction. But when Madeleine finds out her evil pimp's cruel scheme, an irrevocable course of sweet retribution and a deadly sawed-off double-barrelled shotgun will inevitably set the stage for a bloody roaring rampage of revenge. And then, no one will ever dare to harm her again. Never again. Written by Nick Riganas
The gorgeous nymph Christina Lindberg is a mute woman who is abducted, drugged and forced into sexual servitude by a slick criminal.
Notable for its hardcore sex sequences which, in my humble opinion, lend great gravity to Lindberg's unfortunate personal situation, this revenge drama has a measured, moderate pace and is quite compelling.
Titled THEY CALL HER ONE-EYE in some markets because our heroine does get her eye poked out by her captor, the film has rarely been seen uncut until the advent of Synapse Films' recent DVD.
Some scribes have complained that the hardcore sexual material ruins the film. I don't see any basis for this complaint. The hardcore honestly portrays the level of abuse Lindberg receives.
The revenge section of THRILLER is labored and stylized. There's no clear catharsis and there's no joy for the avenging angel.
Director Bo A Vebenius also wrote and produced.
Though called "the roughest revenge movie ever made" by Quentin Tarantino, it is not particularly rough compared to fare such as FORCED ENTRY, CAPTURED FOR SEX 2 or ZOOM UP: RAPE SITE.
It is an art-house revenge pic that is well worth seeing. I'm not sure I'd want to re-see it regularly, though. It does runs slow.