Maybe in 1968 this was good but I doubt it. What it's got going for it, a young man, for no apparent reason, goes on a killing spree, which is in and of itself an unusual topic (this is mentioned on the poster for the movie so not a spoiler)
We're never given any idea why. It just happens very matter-of-fact like.
I suppose it is shocking but there's nothing else here. It's like watching a "Faces of Death" movie which has a rating of around 4. This is no better than any of those but at least those don't drag out one thing into 89 minutes. Sure it's shocking. Since when does "shocking" raise a movie's rating?
It's also poorly written. I'd expect more of a panic but the people leave fairly calmly. I'd expect people running over / crashing through the fences knowing a sniper is killing people.
The Karloff parts of mostly superfluous. They don't add anything whatsoever really. You could have removed them and nothing about the movie or it's impact/message would change one iota. They're entirely irrelevant.
Very disappointing
We're never given any idea why. It just happens very matter-of-fact like.
I suppose it is shocking but there's nothing else here. It's like watching a "Faces of Death" movie which has a rating of around 4. This is no better than any of those but at least those don't drag out one thing into 89 minutes. Sure it's shocking. Since when does "shocking" raise a movie's rating?
It's also poorly written. I'd expect more of a panic but the people leave fairly calmly. I'd expect people running over / crashing through the fences knowing a sniper is killing people.
The Karloff parts of mostly superfluous. They don't add anything whatsoever really. You could have removed them and nothing about the movie or it's impact/message would change one iota. They're entirely irrelevant.
Very disappointing