A disturbed mechanic stalks, rapes, and murders young women as retaliation for the childhood abuse inflicted by his mother. He becomes infatuated with a beautiful housewife who he intends to make his next victim.
Acting
Tanya Roberts elevates trash with genuine terror.
Direction
Sotos leans into discomfort deliberately, questionably.
Director
Jim Sotos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tanya Roberts shot this right before her Bond girl casting in 'A View to a Kill' — studio reportedly tried to bury it.
Part of the 'rape-revenge' cycle kickstarted by 'Last House on the Left,' though this film frustratingly denies its heroine revenge.
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