Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Woodyanders Deranged mama's boy psycho Louis (a creepy portrayal by Tony Palladino) preys on prostitutes in New York City. Eager rookie detective Johnny (a winningly sincere performance by Steve Hollister) and hard-bitten hooker Ginny Smith (ably played with steely resolve by Janine Lenon) join forces to stop this wacko.Director Anton Holden, who also co-wrote the tight script with Ray Jenkins, makes neat use of seedy Big Apple locations (the psycho's apartment that's littered with disembodied mannequin parts stands out as an especially spooky place), keeps the sordidly engrossing story moving along at a snappy pace, maintains an unflinchingly gritty tone throughout, stages the murder set pieces with savage aplomb (the one in an elevator rates as a real doozy), offers a pleasing plenitude of hot nude babes, and pulls out the brutal stops for the gruesome climax in which Ginny and her fellow ladies of the evening exact a harsh revenge on Louis. Gideon Zumbach's sharp black and white cinematography gives this picture a crisp noir look. Edmund Mitchell's spirited jazzy score hits the stirring spot. An on the money sleazy winner.

punishmentpark 'Aroused' quotes from some big titles in film history; the 'shadow hand' running down the window from 'Nosferatu, eine Symfonie des Grauens', the shower scene with curtain (and the face that is behind it) that refers to 'Psycho' and the use mannequins that one may have seen before in 'Killer's Kiss'. I could be wrong, of course, but in any case director Anton Holden throws many beautiful black and white compositions of downtown New York at us, so there's the first big plus.Then there's the crazy story about another frustrated maniac on the loose and another frustrated cop on his tail; the acting isn't good, the lines are cheesy (most of the time; some of the ones by Djanine were pretty good) and the story has an equally cheesy way of 'evolving'. Some scenes are just (way) too long, of which the one with the black hooker is one where I didn't mind so much. There's some horror and blood, there's freeze-frames during the killings (with the dark memories of the killer's mommy in audio) and there's the wild wall-paper in the kitchen of the cop's wife... who could ask for more? O yes, there was some lovely vintage nudity, but I'd expected more.Well, I'm being a little too enthusiastic maybe, but it's an overall fun vintage exploitation flick with a terrifically merciless ending (indeed, that must have been the inspiration for 'that other horror film').A big 7 out of 10.

christopher-underwood Gutsy tale with plenty of wonderfully shot crisp b/w photography. Strangely languid in parts (possibly to extend running time) because for the most part well paced, well edited and excitingly told tale of a sex killer prowling the streets of Manhattan. Great opening and first killing (and aftermath) and some of that power returns at times throughout. Novel attempt to give background to the killer's psyche whilst he's in the act and several nice touches make for an enjoyable ride as cops and prostitutes try to find the killer. It all ends in his lair in a fabulous scene with him returning to his room filled with mannequin parts, to hug his teddy bear but find himself surrounded by a pack of call girls intent on removing a vital part of his anatomy!

Punchinello Aroused is a moody hooker-killer drama and a good example of 60s sexploitation flicks. Short, violent, and loaded with discordant jazz, this is only for fans of the genre. Some of the girls are fairly pretty, and the acting is generally adequate, but if it were made in 2004, it would be rated R and star A-list actors. It's a deeper psychological look at the killer than your typical Showtime skin flick, but that hardly makes up for all that bad jazz; but it does feature a nice Psycho ripoff that gives its audience what Hitchcock couldn't.