The horror "hack and kill movies" of the 1990s naturally focused on the tragic situation of the bloody victims. But the film also has some characteristics of its own, which made it have its own corner in the era when B-level horror films were rampant.
The first major feature of the film is to create a sense of loneliness that the heroine is gradually being isolated from society. The people around died tragically, and the first scene was only the heroine who was covered in blood with the murder weapon, and no one else. She was taken for granted by the "presumption of guilt" and was sent to a mental hospital. Husband’s derailment, friend’s tragic death. Suspected, nowhere to appeal, and the loneliness of being betrayed by the people, the director used some monotonous reinforced concrete urban architecture vision shots to convey to the audience the protagonist's experience throughout the film. The heroine is not a simple victim or a facialized character who fights against the villain, but has her own mood changes, which also lays the emotional foundation for the ending climax. In addition, the screenwriter team also made a past and present creativity, the heroine and the villain also have a past life.
The second major feature of this film is the expression of the strong racially discriminatory atmosphere against blacks in the United States at that time. This is more than twenty years earlier than the later masterpiece "Escape from the Deadly Town". The dilapidated black community and the different efficiency of the police in handling black and white victims calling for help all reflect the director's criticism of racism.
The last feature is that the heroine defeated the villain with self-sacrifice, but eventually turned into a new urban horror legend, the candyman died, the candywoman was born, and the cheating husband was punished. This kind of setting that kills the horror movie villain and inherits the villain's mantle is also more distinctive.
The overall narrative rhythm of the film is average, not relaxed. There is no traditional "hack and kill movie" for a few minutes to "hack" one person to pursue the rhythm of the ultimate visual blood experience.
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