 Christmas Horror Marathon #12
American Nightmare (1981)
Ultra grim slasher movie from Canada about a wealthy pianist trying to track down his prostitute sister in Toronto's dark and seedy underbelly.
People who think Combat Shock is grim clearly haven't seen this. The pianists trail is full of vice, blackmail, incest and savage murder. The locales are all squalid and the majority of the characters degenerates. The gloominess of the lighting and the vhs quality picture add weight to the film and make the murders appear more brutal. The bathtub kill is hard viewing. It's long and drawn out and downright nasty come the end.
There's a crudeness about American Nightmare that ups the ante in the sleaze and grit departments, in fact it has a strong Giallo vibe to it making it more than just a slasher film.
Recommended.
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