Want to watch again before I give a full review. Simply put, the first half of the movie is shocking, tense, and engaging. The second half, however, is terribly slow and suffers from a groan-inducing plot setup (that gets run three times!) where: Cikatilo almost kills, an officer gets close and almost catches him but
doesn't, but Cikatilo aborts the kill to dodge or attend to the detective. Once Cikatilo (in this film he is called Evilenko, which is probably wise considering the decision to give him "special power" to hypnotize his victims) is finally caught, the film resumes its brilliant bleak creepiness.Malcom McDowell is also completely genius in the whole film."Most Fucked Up" Highlight: might not be my final pick after I screen again but for now, the interrogation scene
January 3, 2011
