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Simon Killer (2012)
It takes a muscle to fall in love
An American sociopath decides to vent his frustrations in a foreign land, exercising deep emotional manipulation tactics and brutal ruthlessness. Atmosphere builds up in waves, ushered forward with a dynamic soundtrack (LCD soundsystem, Spectral Display) pounding between the occasional shot with harsh reds and deep white flashes. I feel it's a touch too gratuitous with the sexual scenes, although it is used to show a quickly built relationship, and to that means is very effective. Disturbing and thought provoking, great performances all round. It truly takes a muscle to fall in love, but whether that be the heart, the brain, or anything else, is left to the imagination.
Psycho III (1986)
Psycho III
This directorial debut by lead actor Anthony Perkins is a great example of an overlooked movie that makes for a neat and rather amusing viewing experience. It manages to shine a bit more light on Normans condition and helps extend the Bates universe, it also adds a boorish debauchee named Duke. Norman has returned to his seemingly harmless pushover but elusive characteristics that he forms to shield him from close scrutiny. The themes of exclusion and the connection of adrift people present to us more depth; it shows that empathy is real in him and help us to relate to Norman. At the same time we are lead on a rather mild but bumpy roller coaster ride of a narrative.
Quotes of interest -
"The past is never really past, it stays with me all the time, no matter how hard I try, I cant really escape, its always there, throbbing inside you, colouring your perceptions of the world and sometimes..controlling them" - Norman (Anthony Perkins)
"I wouldn't mind filling in until you find somebody permanent, I just wont be staying around too long" - Duke (Jeff Fahey) "No one ever does" - Norman (Anthony Perkins)
At this moment a stuffed owl in a display of mid flight looms over Norman as he speaks, glaring intensely , Norman replicates the stare.
"Murderers are victims too" - Tracy Venable (Roberta Maxwell)
Cupids arrow plays a vital role in the conclusion of this movie that I think is trying to emote to us that love hurts, especially if you encounter the wrong companion. Overall the editing in this movie is consistently good, the dialogue kept up with the pace, the underrated soundtrack worked very well with the sound design overall to build up the surrounding events, and the SFX are all performed to a nice level, if sometimes a little sun drenched. It feels like Anthony Perkins was giving his all to the direction of this movie and also to the character he plays so very well. I enjoyed it. Interesting morbid facts - Lead actor Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates in all 4 Psycho movies, he died from aids related Pneumonia during the filming of psycho 4. His widow (Berry Berenson), a famous artist and model, died as a passenger on American Airlines flight 11 on September 11th 2001.