Murder of Innocence
A genuinely distressing dive bomb. <PERSON> was not done with horror, even as he delved deeply into the realm of TV movies. In the early stages there are touches of the camp "horror" of his Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. The melodramatic abundance of summer-time actors being confronted with slippage. Hysterical living with the veneer of false perfection. 549
But it just keeps getting worse, more painful as it wends its way through all of the ways <PERSON> is failed. It's just a real bad ride down an emotional wormhole. Requiem for a Pastel Dream. <PERSON> brings some remarkable flourishes to Murder of Innocence, especially the harsh scenes of reality breaking down, with an especially chilling finale that is handled like a true master of horror. As unsettling as it is sad. 1009