Killing Spree
Killing Spree
| 01 January 1987 (USA)
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Newly wed Tom Russo suspects his wife is having sexual encounters with their suburban neighbors, and launches a methodical campaign to murder the lovers.

Reviews
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
when-where-how If you like crack than this type of movie is for you.😀 Let's be honest Some idiot spent 75k on a low budget 16mm movie and what is even funnier is some Idiot actually produced it, heck Hell whatever you may think of a good quality horror Film I would have to say that this is not it unless you could pass the pipe I am just saying That you must wonder what these morons were thinking...I only give it a 7 because I thought it to be gaotu dumb dums or my dumb dog Anubis that could come up with something like this. Lol on a side note u have to wonder how dumbs make it to this point in their lives.... weak story line weaker graphics and a screwdriver I mean really what are we at the local country club for a Sunday morning wedding, a screwdriver come on now we can't be more creative than this😀
Stefan Reid I watched this movie a couple times so it can't be too bad.It has it's moments and the dialog is very funny.The main character Tom is a hoot, the stuff he says just cracks me up.The gore is alright, the best being the old lady next door.The characters are a riot, the TV repair man who's a karate expert?!?. The delivery man, acted like a real macho man, the lawn surfer dude and his van, haha.There's no nudity and I think the main actor Tom says the F word once, after he drops a screwdriver on some dudes head.Oh yeah that reminded me of a funny line "You screwed my wife, so I screwdrived your head". Ha.The worst was the ending, it did't make any sense at all.Also the very last shot of the movie, with Tom jumping up through the steps... what's up with that?Overall though a funny and entertaining movie that I enjoyed.If you don't mind no budget, terrible acting and effects, you will too.
EEDude1 That's right... back in 87 I was in a rock band called Lights Out. Some friends of mine were making a movie and needed a band to help with the bar scenes. OK... so we move all the equipment, set up, play a few tunes...only later to find that the audio equipment failed and our music was not recorded. An amazing and lucky break! (At least we got a credit at the end of the film) But seriously, I observed the process of making this movie, and you have to admire the sheer "stick-to-iteveness" (is that a word?) of these guys to make a movie with absolutely no budget. I would say that the movie has a certain charm to it... but I am clearly biased. Some of the stuff they did, from a special effects standpoint, is pretty good... especially considering the money limitation.The other surprising thing to me is that at least 17 people have seen this movie. (As of this writing, there are 17 reviews posted). To me, this movie is almost like a performance piece. That is... the act of creation is where the artistic part lives.... the movie itself is a by-product of the art. An artifact really. (It's sort of like the ashes left behind after someone walks across burning coals).You have to encourage this kind of creative effort. (I Think...?)
Brandt Sponseller After a former spouse cheated on him, Tom Russo ("Asbestos Felt") is paranoid and overprotective about his new wife, Leeza (Courtney Lercara). After his "best friend" comes over for dinner, Tom worries that he's putting the moves on Leeza. Things go from bad to worse when not only does Tom receive a 40% pay cut, but he discovers Leeza's diary/little black book, apparently detailing her rendezvous with countless men. In Tom's view, there is only one solution to his troubles--to go on a killing spree.The primary reason you might want to watch Killing Spree, if not just because you want to see every horror film ever made, is to see what no budget independent filmmakers can do with the right attitude and some understanding and cooperative friends/colleagues. While Killing Spree certainly isn't a good film, and it's nowhere near the cream of the crop for such no budget productions, it is passable, and admirable for writer/director Tim Ritter's fortitude, passion and commitment to making genre films.When reviewing films of this caliber, I make adjustments in the way I score due to inherent limitations of budget. Basically, if a flaw is something that cannot be avoided with the resources at hand, I do not subtract points for it. For example, the Russo home in Killing Spree isn't really an ideal setting, and I'm not sure the stark white walls work as a background for many scenes. But this isn't something I subtract points for, as it's easy to realize that at this level, you have to be happy that someone has a house you can use, and they're graciously allowing you to take it over for a number of days to film. You can't expect them to allow you to repaint their walls, destroy walls or carpeting, and so on.However, Killing Spree has a number of flaws that it shouldn't have. The script is basically just an excuse for sex and death scenes. It's strictly by the numbers and very predictable--almost like a porno "script". There's no reason to not bother making a more interesting story. Ritter actually writes a few lines of interesting dialogue, but much more could be done.And the sex scenes barely qualify. Even at a no budget level, you at least have to find actors willing to convincingly feign sex. And one should be able to find actors who'll do some gratuitous nudity. The lack of Z-grade horror skin and passion doesn't help the film, especially as it's a major focus of the story.That leaves us with the horror. Typical for this type of film, the focus of the horror material tends to be on gore. That's because less visceral, more atmospheric horror takes a lot of artistry, especially without extensive resources for film stocks and processing, lighting, sets, an abundance of time for shooting and editing, and so on. But good gore isn't exactly easy to do either. Killing Spree's gore scenes run the gamut from rock-bottom bad to fairly skillful. Ritter doesn't build suspense very effectively in any scene, but Joel Harlow and Mark Pederson do occasionally admirable work when it comes to special makeup effects.There are other problems, too. Perry Monroe's music is mostly amateur sounding. Although it is occasionally competent when Monroe emphasizes minimalism, whenever he tries to become more melodic, it's mostly rudimentary arpeggios, too-obvious synthesizer pitch shifts and very generic production music. The timing on Robert Williams editing is frequently off, especially in the earlier scenes of the film. This isn't helped by the fact that Ritter appears to shoot "coverage" without the actors running through the scene repeatedly while the camera captures different perspectives. Instead, he seems to set an actor up for reaction shots where they're not really reacting to anything. It doesn't help the performances, which come across as much more artificial. Williams and Ritter also have a tendency to let shots establishing mundane actions linger.However, Ritter does do some things right that many directors at this level miss or overlook. He at least makes an attempt to shoot coverage. He has a good sense of blocking and framing. He occasionally finds interesting perspectives for camera placement. He occasionally uses lighting artistically. His location shots are good and varied. He can effectively convey an action scene (and should have done much more of this, as the few in the film are pretty good). He mostly gets decent performances out his amateur cast. He has an interesting sense of humor (which I wish would come out more in films like this)--for example, at one point there's a zombie who jumps in front of an actor and says, "Boo!" He is inventive--the death scenes are usually amusingly creative.Of course you should lower your expectations when approaching fare like Killing Spree. This is an average Z-grade horror flick; much better than something like Insaniac (2002), but not near as good as something like Silo Killer (2002).