The Turnpike Killer

USA 2012
produced by
Nik Taneris, Lindsay Caverly (executive), Manoush (executive) for New York Horror Film Productions
directed by Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver
starring Bill McLaughlin, Edgar Moye, Lyndsey Brown, Vinny Ward, Alia Lorae, Brenda Gonzalez, Demetri Kallas, Manoush, Javier Marquez, Francisco De Jesus, Ruby Larocca, Niki Notarile (= Niki Rubin), Aris Sarandakos, Chris Vasquez, Liam Makrogiannis, Jaime Baez, Becky Berelson, Richard Falco, Jason Farell, Lorrie Francois, Lynn Hazelman, Robert Hollander, Janine Intervallo, Rosemary Keenan, Donna Lauria, Francois Lorry, Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Manthorne, Alex Martinez, Christian McAteer, Theresa Planell, Monica Puller, Theodora Shore, Brian Weaver, Ann Marie Yoo
written by Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver, music by Michael Makrogiannis, special effects by Hallows Eve Films (= Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver)

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Basically, Jon (Bill McLaughlin) seems like an alright guy. Sure, he's a bit of a slacker when it comes to work, he has no real friends but one, Donny (Vinny Ward), and even him he treats like dirt some times, but he's also very courteous, has a way to chat up ladies, and seems to be a rather decent guy. Especially Jennifer (Lyndsey Brown), a girl whom he has helped to move into her new apartment and who hasn't dated anyone in years, has fallen for his charms. Thing is, Jon isn't very good in accepting refusal, and Jon hears a voice in his head - and that voice tells him to kill all women who have turned him down ... oh, and also all women who haven't turned him down ... oh, and all hookers ... oh, and the naked girls he keeps chained up in his basement. Well, suffice to say, before long, he has quite a few bodies to take care of, so he has made it his habit to dump them along the New Jersey Turnpike, hence he's dubbed the Turnpike Killer before long.

For the longest time, Jennifer is safe from Jon's attacks, but when she one day sees him outside her place watching her window, and turning and leaving when he realizes she has seen him, she gets a bit weirded out, so much so that she talks to Donny, who just happens to be her landlord, about it. Jon though regards Jennifer as his Chosen One, whatever that means - but since the voice in his head uses the expression a bit too often, it's probably nothing too nice ...

Two New York cops (Edgar Moye, Aris Sarandakos) have traced the Turnpike Killer back to New York and are slowly closing in on Jon - but it's already too late for Donny, whom Jon has killed when he confronted him with what Jennifer has told him. And Jennifer? She has become the latest tenant of Jon's basement, next to a naked corpse ...

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The Turnpike Killer is one of those films that, without feeling out-of-date or retro, is strongly reminiscent of violent grindhouse shockers from a long bybone era (and films like Maniac readily spring to mind). That's not to say The Turnpike Killer is or tries to be a hommage or lifeless copy of these films of old, rather it's a violent thriller that is unrelenting in its presentation of gore peppered with a deliberate dose of nudity and that doesn't try to be too-smart-for-its-own-good but goes straight for the jugular - and despite that, the film manages to remain fairly intelligent and even sport a great surprise ending.

Recommended, actually - but you have to have the stomach for it!

By the way, this film is available here: http://www.turnpikekiller.com

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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