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Thriller - en grym film

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Thriller: A Cruel Picture

Christina Lindberg

Heinz Hopf

Solveig Andersson

Despina Tomazani

Per-Axel Arosenius

Gunnel Wadner

Björn Kristiansson

Marie-Louise Mannervall

Hildur Lindberg

Marshall McDough

Gunnar Palm

Pamela Pethö-Galantai

Hans-Eric Stenborg

Lars Lundgren

Per Hessman

Dan Lindhe

Bo Arne Vibenius

Stig Lokrantz

Olle Nordlander

Lennart Robertsson

Bruno Sörwing

Lars Sääv

Dennis Hennicks

Bengt Kåring

Anna Oskarsdotter

Andreas Bellis

Brian Wikström

Ralph Lundsten

Stig Limér

Bo Lundqvist

Jan Kreigsman

Bo Sunnefeldt

Sture Åsberg

Henri Alexander

Raoul Kraushaar

Ted Lindahl

Madeline Marauds!

Exploitation cinema in all its glory, or not, depending on your own personal peccadilloes! Directed, written and produced by Bo Arne Vibenius, Thriller - en grym film (AKA: They Call Her One Eye) is an infamous picture for a number of reasons, reasons that would take a whole page to write about. So use your mouse and google it because this review isn't interested in dabbling in such fare.

Plot sees a young Madeline raped by a paedophile and rendered mute by the experience. Into early adulthood and Madeline (played superbly by soft core porn starlet Christinia Lindberg) unwisely takes up the offer of a lift from the odious Tony (Heinz Hopf). Pretty soon she's addicted to heroin and working as a prostitute. However, Madeline is biding her time, for she has plans, plans that spell doom for all her abusers.

Does this film have artistic merit? Absolutely! In fact if you take out the inserted pornographic close-ups, which are pointless since we already know what Madeline is going through (a supposed marketing tool of the era apparently...) then this is a kick-ass film. It's a two parter, where the first half shows all of Madeline's misery, with sexual disturbance and body horror, then we switch to Madeline's fight back, where we get one of the coolest anti-heroines of 70s exploitation. She's sporting an eye patch, a glorious black trench coat, and weapons, oh yes! There are weapons, hands, guns and cars, oh my! It's here where Vibenius asks the question about justifiable revenge, whilst the super slow-mo approach to the violence will either be viewed as indulgent or classy (I'm with the latter camp).

It is what it is, grungy and grimy, operating in a specialist niche of cinema, but worthy in that it didn't conform, and it has proved influential. It's just not a date movie or something to watch with you mom! Right, I'm off for a bath. 7/10

Okay rape-revenge thriller has a fine performance from Christina Lindberg even though she has zero lines and there are scenes tough to watch. The revenge portion is the best part however the slow-motion fight between Madeliene and the cops went on far too long. The final scene was satisfying though. **3.5/5**

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Cast

Christina Lindberg

Heinz Hopf

Solveig Andersson

Despina Tomazani

Per-Axel Arosenius

Gunnel Wadner

Björn Kristiansson

Marie-Louise Mannervall

Hildur Lindberg

Marshall McDough

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