This is a film from the early 70's that I watched in the early 80's, it wasn't a new movie, but it wasn't dated for the time either, on the contrary, in the 80's I was a teenager and the feeling I had was that the films from the previous decade (70s) were more impactful on me than those from the current decade (80s). Many of the most memorable films of my life belong to the period 1966-1974, and I watched most of them in my adolescence.
With this film it was no different, I watched it one late night on the couch at my house in the early 80's and it was like a punch in the stomach. I can give other examples, such as "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (1966), "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), "Brewster McCloud" (1970), "Straw Dogs" (1971), "The Beguiled" (1971), "Deliverance" (1972), "The Wicker Man" (1973), "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), and many others, the list is huge.
I never rewatched "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie" after that, so I'm pretty sure if I were to watch it today I would find it to be a pretty bad and outdated movie. And for that very reason I prefer not to watch it again, because I prefer to keep in myself the unique and devastating feeling it caused me at the time, which puts the film among the most memorable of my life.
This film was so impactful that when I watched the release of "Misery" (1990) in theaters, I thought it was rubbish, a great disappointment, because the origin of the inspiration was evident and even a certain plagiarism in the story, until today the film of Rob Reiner doesn't get down my throat very much. Okay, everyone can claim nowadays that "Misery" is a much better movie, better made, with better actors, etc, but for those who knew the illustrious unknown original B movie that probably served as inspiration for that Stephen King story , none of these better elements are enough to elevate it to the heights of a superior film.
That's it, so if you like small and simple old productions, different and obscure, with a high degree of suspense and tension, "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie" is a full plate.
With this film it was no different, I watched it one late night on the couch at my house in the early 80's and it was like a punch in the stomach. I can give other examples, such as "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (1966), "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), "Brewster McCloud" (1970), "Straw Dogs" (1971), "The Beguiled" (1971), "Deliverance" (1972), "The Wicker Man" (1973), "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), and many others, the list is huge.
I never rewatched "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie" after that, so I'm pretty sure if I were to watch it today I would find it to be a pretty bad and outdated movie. And for that very reason I prefer not to watch it again, because I prefer to keep in myself the unique and devastating feeling it caused me at the time, which puts the film among the most memorable of my life.
This film was so impactful that when I watched the release of "Misery" (1990) in theaters, I thought it was rubbish, a great disappointment, because the origin of the inspiration was evident and even a certain plagiarism in the story, until today the film of Rob Reiner doesn't get down my throat very much. Okay, everyone can claim nowadays that "Misery" is a much better movie, better made, with better actors, etc, but for those who knew the illustrious unknown original B movie that probably served as inspiration for that Stephen King story , none of these better elements are enough to elevate it to the heights of a superior film.
That's it, so if you like small and simple old productions, different and obscure, with a high degree of suspense and tension, "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie" is a full plate.