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Thriller: A Cruel Picture

Original title: Thriller - en grym film
  • 19731973
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  • 1h 44m
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Christina Lindberg in Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
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A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.
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6.4/10
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POPULARITY
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    • Director
      • Bo Arne Vibenius
    • Writer
      • Bo Arne Vibenius(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Christina Lindberg
      • Heinz Hopf
      • Despina Tomazani
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    • Director
      • Bo Arne Vibenius
    • Writer
      • Bo Arne Vibenius(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Christina Lindberg
      • Heinz Hopf
      • Despina Tomazani
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    • 94User reviews
    • 117Critic reviews
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    Christina Lindberg
    Christina Lindberg
    • Madeleine…
    Heinz Hopf
    Heinz Hopf
    • Tony
    Despina Tomazani
    Despina Tomazani
    • The Lesbian Girl
    Per-Axel Arosenius
    • Madeline's Father
    • (as Per Axel Arosenius)
    Solveig Andersson
    Solveig Andersson
    • Sally
    Björn Kristiansson
    • The Addict
    Marie-Louise Mannervall
    • Woman in village
    Hildur Lindberg
    • Woman in village
    Stig Lokrantz
    Olle Nordlander
    Marshall McDough
    • Karate Teacher
    • (as Marshal Mc Donagh)
    Gunnar Palm
    Pamela Pethö-Galantai
    • Young Frigga
    Lennart Robertsson
    Hans-Eric Stenborg
    • Sex Buyer
    Stig Ström
    • Sex Buyer
    Lars Sääv
    Bruno Sörwing
    • Director
      • Bo Arne Vibenius
    • Writer
      • Bo Arne Vibenius(screenplay) (an original story)
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    • Trivia
      In a 2009 interview with Film Bizarro, a website dedicated to underground and independent films, Christina Lindberg confirmed that she did not appear in the hardcore sex scenes featured in the uncut version of the film. The actors were "Romeo and Juliet", a couple known for traveling around in their vehicle to perform live sex shows.
    • Goofs
      When the police car runs over a piece of grass between two roads, you can clearly see tire tracks from earlier takes.
    • Quotes

      Tony: I like women who don't talk too much... but you set a new record!

    • Alternate versions
      US version was heavily edited (ca. 20 min.) for a R rating. DVD release by Synapse is uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever! Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street (2004)

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    8/10
    Very Good Rape/Revenge Film
    THRILLER is a very well done rape/revenge film in the same vein as LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT or I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE. The storyline is different but the results are the same...

    Girl is raped as a child which causes her to be mute. She is picked up by a slick-talking guy and taken out for dinner and drinks. Back at his house, he drugs her and shoots her up with heroin for several days, so by the time he allows her to wake up out of her heroin-stupor, she is an addict. At that point she is turned-out as a prostitute and given some cash and drugs as "payment". She is given some free time to herself, where she uses the money earned to take karate,shooting, and driving classes. Needless to say, when she becomes proficient enough in these disciplines, she uses her newly honed skills to go after those that did her wrong...

    Christina Lindberg is excellent as the beautiful and seemingly innocent looking mute girl. She is a real pleasure to look at, and the fact that she's naked through a good portion of the film doesn't hurt either. There is some "controversy" surrounding this film due to a couple of hardcore sex scenes (obviously not Ms. Lindberg, unfortunately...) that appear to be cut from a bad European porno. The scenes are not necessary for the film but were obviously added to heighten the shock value of the film overall. Other than those few scenes, and the famous scalpel-in-the-eye scene, the violence in THRILLER is relatively tame by exploitation/horror standards. Overall a really good film, if you are into the rape/revenge genre - I think it's always cool to see a strong, sexy, female lead who kicks ass, one of the reasons that I gravitate toward this type of film. The eyeball and sex scenes may be a little much for the casual movie-goer, more "extreme" fans should like this one. Recommended...8.5 out of 10

    NOTE: Synapse films now has a "Vengeance" addition in a yellow box (original cover is red) that is the same film minus the XXX scenes.
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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • They Call Her One Eye
    • Filming locations
      • Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • BAV Film
      • United Producers
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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