Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

lynpalmer1 I am a strong supporter of the death penalty in cases of serial/thrill/sex killers, mass murderers, first degree murderers and terrorists. Although this is the the case that brought about the end of Capitol punishment in England, for me it only reinforced my support, for if ever there was a justifiable candidate for it, Christie fits the bill. It does, however, make the case for making damn sure you get it right and have 100% proof beyond a confession. A decade later, England was again rocked by the child murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley and there was a huge outcry for the return of death penalty for these two monsters. If one wrong execution could end the practice, these horrific murders should have reinstated it. Don't get me wrong, it was a travesty that the wrong man paid for Christie's crimes. There is a gut wrenching, English movie called Let Him Have It (1991) that portrays the poignant injustice of Derek Bentley's hanging in the 50's for being an accessory to the killing of a police officer. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen but I will never watch it again. I am not a crier, but the tears just wouldn't stop during the final scenes of this excellent, little known film. Getting back to this movie review, Attenborough plays Christie as a soft spoken, prissy, prim and proper gentleman, yet he exudes pure evil and depravity. His performance is brilliantly bland. John Hurt, while not a totally sympathetic character, plays dazed and confused wonderfully. The story is told in an unemotional, chilling, non graphic way that makes it all the more terrifying. The sets evoke a feeling of squalor and despair, yet the cinematography is beautiful. This movie probably deserves a 10 but the feelings of sheer disgust and loathing it left me with are preventing me from going higher than 8.

LeonLouisRicci This is the kind of Film that can be Used to Argue that one Need Not Fill the Screen with Blood and Gore to make a Disturbing, Horrific Movie that will leave Audiences Gasping, coupled with Sleepless Nights and Shivering Spines.Richard Attenborough and John Hurt along with a Fine Supporting Cast give Richard Fleischer's No Nonsense Direction a True Crime Film that can Stand Alongside Any in the Genre.It is Creepy, Unnerving, and Gut-Wrenching the way it uses Real Locations and Strangles the Viewer with Claustrophobic Sets and Enclosed Environs. From the Opening Scene the Audience is Captured in a Cage like Atmosphere where there is No Escape from the Madness at hand.Very Disturbing and relentlessly Bleak, this is an Unhearled Film that has been Lost in Time and Overshadowed by other more palatable Slick Pictures. But for sure Realism it is one of the Best. A Must See for True Crime Fans and Movie Lovers who Relish the same Old Story with a completely Different Edge.Note...The real life serial killings portrayed in this Film that lead to the subsequent trial and false conviction and execution of the wrong Man helped in the abolition of the death penalty in Britain.

Tim Kidner Long before the horror of Fred & Rose West, one John Christie undertook similar heinous acts of murder and burial, in 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London, just after WWII.Richard Attenborough IS Christie, a small, bald and bespectacled man who can almost never tell the truth. Through injury, he became semi- invalided out of regular and useful employment and resorted to sub- letting his apartment at the infamous address, that he shared with his dutiful wife, Ethel (Pat Heywood).Despite its utterly grim premise, Rillington Pl, is a sober and utterly absorbing and compulsive drama that sees some of Attenborough's finest ever acting. Never glorifying in the subject but likewise, never shying away from how the devious and conniving Christie wormed his way into people's desperate lives, the main thrust of the narrative is about new tenants, illiterate Welsh Valley's Timothy Evans (a young, utterly superb John Hurt, sporting a fine accent) and his wife, Beryl (Judy Geeson).With the couple in arrears with their rent at Rillington Place, Beryl finds that she is, again pregnant. Almost unable to cope with the baby they already have, Christie suggests a favour. Back-street abortionists were a real scourge of the period, illegal of course and it's obvious he gets a kick out of extinguishing life, whether it's living in the womb or outside, as a person.I'm not going to give much away, though in the middle of the film, when Evans goes to visit his Aunt and Uncle back up in South Wales, we start seeing a well-constructed crime drama unfold as Evans first confesses to what Christie has indeed done and the resulting Case at the Old Bailey.Once that chapter is concluded, we might expect the end of the film, but no, this goes on, as first Christie's wife leaves him, he sells the furniture and then stays at a hostel for the homeless. Meanwhile, the new residents at number Ten, Rillington Place, make an unpleasant and unexpected discovery....

preppy-3 Based on the true story of serial killer John Christie (Richard Attenborough) in 1944 London. It recounts his final killings involving couple Beryl Evans (Judy Geeson) and Timothy John Evans (John Hurt).I never even heard of this movie until TCM played it early in the morning a while ago. After watching it I realize why it's unknown--it's very very VERY slow, quiet and tame. The murders are never shown, there's no nudity, sex or violence (it's very PG rated) and everything moves at a snails pace. At first it was interesting but it went through a step by step examination of Christie's last killings and execution and got dull. To some this may be fascinating but I was bored silly. The only thing that kept me watching was the acting. Geeson and an incredibly young Hurt are good but Attenborough is excellent as Christie. He's soft-spoken and seems so gentle throughout the movie but you can see the evil in his eyes. I can't really recommend this movie but the acting is superb--that's why it gets a 5.