Wicked, Wicked

1973 "Duo-Vision. No Glasses - All You Need Are Your Eyes."
5.4| 1h35m| PG| en
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Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt. Ramsey, the hotel's detective, has no information as to the identity of the murderer. The only thing anybody knows is that the killer wears a strange mask and has a fondness for blonde women. As Ramsey tracks down a list of suspects that includes the hotel handyman, Lisa, the hotel's lounge singer, finds herself in danger.

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Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
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.
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
JLRVancouver "Wicked, wicked" is a gimmick movie, so I had low expectations and was not disappointed. As a moderately graphic slasher movie from the early '70s, the film was OK, with a sufficiently creepy killer whose motive was surprisingly disturbing for the era (and rating). The split-screen gimmick ("Duo-vision") was distracting and didn't add anything to the movie other than making it a novelty item (and therefore earning it a place on some people's 'life-lists'), and for the most part, the acting was weak to amateur (and exception being Arthur O'Connell's not particularly challenging Maintenance Engineer character). Presumably intended to be a 'horror comedy', there are odd interludes throughout (such as the women playing the organ) and the film really starts to go off the rails toward the end with the 'sex in the presidential suite montage'. To some extent, "Wicked, wicked" has achieved cult status, so will always find viewers but most people would likely consider it a time-waster at best. As a survivor of the '70's, I can attest to the accuracy of the most frightening aspect of the movie: the Godawful proto-disco fashion and hair styles
adriangr Wicked Wicked is an amusing film about a stalker killing pretty blonde women in a hotel. There's nothing unusual about that except for the movie's gimmick of presenting the entire story in split screen, which is a novelty but it does kind of dilute the suspense rather. Split screen can work in horror - Brian De Palma has used it on more than one occasion and made effective use of it, but here it's rather irritating. What doesn't help is you never really get a good view o anything as the two images are small and not very hi definition (well it was 1973!). For just a couple of very short moments of screen time, the double screen reverts to a single view and seeing this left me yearning for the whole movie to be like this, so that watching it would be less hard work! . Apart from the gimmick, most other aspects of Wicked, Wicked are fun but mediocre. The only DVD release is on the Warner Archive label which is very badly cut! Those archive DVDs are sold at a premium price so pushing an incomplete version of the film is quite an insult to the fans who wish to buy it. For novelty value only
longtallgibbs This movie was funny as hell if you have the right sense of humor. Ahead of its time along with Private Parts which was playing with it in a double feature back in the early seventies. Worked at the theater it was playing in. Saw it at least 10 times in one week.Would love to see it again. Love the ending as the cop urges the killer to jump. Also the part where Jason whacks the Mother Superior from the Flying Nun. The organist was great also. I cannot exactly remember if she cracks her knuckles or burps when she pauses. Also love the flashback scenes of Jason being molested. A Classic for cult movie lovers. I think it should be remade with myself in the title role.
Stephen-12 I can hardly begin to express what a disgusting, worthless piece of excrement this film is. When you consider how much talent there is in film-making, to know that a major studio (admittedly, on its last legs) funded this garbage makes you want to grab a sharp implement.Why is it so awful? All right (deep breath):1. The split screen. It's distracting. It adds nothing to the narrative. It isn't used to make a point (as Tarantino does in Jackie Brown). It's just there as a selling feature.2. The performances. God help us.3. The script. God continue to help us.4. The story itself. Who the hell thought this would be an original idea?5. The child abuse sequences. So appallingly exploitative, so unworthily sickening, so POINTLESS...I wanted to throw something at the TV.6. The tacky tone. The sexual puns are puerile beyond belief. The Farrelly brothers would never have stooped this low.7. The theme song. Still stuck in my head after about 10 years. GO AWAY!!!!There are plenty of other reasons why this obscenity should be thrown into the Pit of Hell, but I really can't bear to go any further. Every copy of this should be consigned to fire, and everybody involved in it should be taken outside and shot, their bodies burnt, their ashes buried and the whole site concreted over.If this diatribe persuades people to go and see it, it has failed in its mission. Don't ever employ its maker to do anything again, I implore you.The least enjoyable bad film ever made. Can I give it a minus score, please?