Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Woodyanders Awkward and unhinged loner Tony (a creepy and convincing portrayal by Bob Meyer) works at a mannequin factory. One day Tony decides to stop being a peeping tom and graduates to stalking women prior to strangling them and having sex with their corpses.Director Barry Mahon keeps the deliciously depraved story moving along at a reasonable pace, makes fine use of various grimy New York City locations complete with choice footage of Times Square in all its awesomely seedy 60's glory, maintains a leering sleazy tone throughout, and, naturally, delivers oodles of tasty gratuitous distaff nudity. Toothsome blonde Uta Erickson acquits herself well (and bares her nice body) as a mean hooker while Bob Gran amuses as Tony's overbearing boss. Moreover, this movie offers a few inspired loopy moments, with Tony's ill-advised "date" with a mannequin head rating as a definite gut-busting highlight. The grainy cinematography provides a suitably scroungy look. Worth a watch for aficionados of tawdry adults only exploitation fare.

tracyfigueira This obscure 1967 sexploitation film is so low budget it doesn't have any acting credits at all. It's almost as if no one wanted his or her name associated with such a project. That said, "The Sex Killer" is not a bad little film. Shot in black-and-white on the mean streets of New York City and using live sound (which occasionally renders dialogue unintelligible) it follows the adventures of a shy, sexually repressed nebbish named Tony who works at a mannequin warehouse. He develops a fixation on female mannequins that spirals out of control, leading first to voyeurism, then murder and necrophilia. As serial killer case studies go, this one's not so bad. It lacks the gore and vivid color of the best Italian giallo films, but the women are all beautiful and there's plenty of nudity. The murders are all strangulations and not particularly graphic. This film is realistic in portraying its serial killer as a nondescript, pathetic figure with a low-paying job, little education, and poor social skills, as most serial killers are.

reptilicus Mention the name "Barry Mahon" to film buffs and most of the time you will get a blank stare. Students of the Adults Only subgenre might bring up THE BEAST THAT KILLED WOMEN and hopefully soon people will be discussing THE DEAD ONE, a serious terror thriller that has just been rediscovered. Barry is also responsible for this film, a moody black and white drama that had a lot of potential which went unrealised. The plot (oh yes there's a plot) centers on Tony, a quiet guy who works in a warehouse that makes mannequins for department stores. Tony appears to be a shy fellow who seldom says three complete sentences in a whole day and lives a Spartan existence in his barely furnished apartment. One day Tony asks his boss if he can take a mannequin home. When he is turned down Tony "borrows" a head and actually takes it on a date! He takes it to a bar and talks to it while the bartender looks on and shakes his head. (The bar, like all other locations in this film, is a real one and that was probably the real bartender playing himself. The look on his face is meant to apply to Tony, the character in the film but you can imagine he was watching the scene being filmed and thought "The things some guys will do for a job.") Tiring of his bodiless date Tony buys some binoculars and sneaks into a high rise apartment to spy on women sunbathing topless on the roofs of the walkup apartments nearby. This is an interesting look at how much easier life was when this was filmed. The apartment we see has no doorman and it is relatively easy for Tony to sneak in a side door and go up to the roof. In fact he does it several times in the movie and is never stopped even once! This is where Mr. Mahon separates us from reality a little too well. Reel-istically all of the women Tony spies on are attractive but notice how the camera angle changes frequently as he spies on them. We are supposed to see what Tony is seeing through his binoculars, so how can the angle of his vision keep changing? Just keep saying "It's only a movie." Even spying is not enough after a while and Tony starts stalking the women he spies on and strangles them to death. Of course since he never bothers to cover his tracks it is only a matter of time (and not much time either, this movie runs less than one hour) before Tony comes to the end of the road. You can see that for yourself though; I won't spoil the end for you. I wondered how this movie would have looked had it been done without dialogue (qv., DEMENTIA (a/k/a DAUGHTER OF HORROR)). The dialogue really adds nothing to the plot except something to laugh at; it is the visuals that hold our interest. Not a classic, but not wholly unwatchable either. The nudity and violence blend into the plot well and even the abrupt ending does not seem to be contrived. Nicely done, but not the sort of movie you can watch over and over.

thomandybish From the sick sixties comes this little film, concerning Tony, a frustrated loner who works in a mannequin factory and uses binoculars to spy on topless sunbathing women. To stave off his loneliness, Tony steals a mannequin head from a beauty salon and takes it to a bar. From there it's on to killing women and having sex(off screen)with their corpses. In between the various murders we're treated to various women lounging around topless and changing clothes, along with lingering, fetishistic shots of rows of naked mannequins in the factory. Of interest to students of grindhouse cinema and people who like their nudies gritty and grim.