It seems fitting to start off with my first review on this blog with the movie that is the source of my pseudonym, The Fantom Reeler.
Fantom Kiler (1998) - Directed by Roman Nowicki and starring a bevy of people I have no idea who they are. I will be sharing no screen captures because I just can't find much that can be shared and keep this blog at a maximum of a PG-13 rating. Heck, I'm not too sure I could keep an R-rating with images from this movie. It is clearly X-rated.
A killer wearing a white mask, with the appearance of bandages fully covering his face, goes about killing women in a Polish city. Naturally the police are stumped about his identity, because it's in the script, and for that matter so is the audience.
Fantom Kiler takes extreme liberties with naked women and excessive violence. Who knew a woman's clothes could fall off so easily as though they were made of tissue paper? Atmospheric this is, and I'm not talking about all the naked flesh. The killer seems to find the right place to do his misdeeds where there happens to be a graveyard, rising fog, and of course at night.
You don't have to ask if this movie is misogynistic, it is right up front with that even from the DVD cover. If it was just women getting naked, no I would not call that misogynistic, but it goes beyond that in not only portraying women as slutty, just because they're women, but as somehow deserving what happens to them. Of course the movie does hide behind the excuse that this is the view of the person responsible for the killings, because in a way we're seeing this through his eyes.
Now you may think I'm trashing this movie. True, it is prurient trash to an extreme, but that's its audience and it succeeds in being the sleaze it aims to be and something that will keep your teenage son from coming out of his room for a week for lack of the ability to walk straight.
It's not quite porn, but if you are wanting sleaze without apologies for how it is presented, this delivers. If you are looking for something that is also sensitive to its subject matter, avoid this because you will be offended.
I give it 3 Daggers purely for succeeding at being an entertaining sleaze fest. Do keep in mind that this is in Polish with subtitles; though I don't think you'll be spending much time reading if this appeals to you.
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