The Sex Killer (1967)

So bad it's hilarious, this nudie oddity is about a strange, sexually frustrated young man who goes from voyeur to strangler after taking a mannequin head on a date. There's very little dialogue (thankfully, since what dialogue there is appears to have been recorded from a distance of three miles away), so most of the film is Our Killer spying on young women and/or breaking into their apartments (surprisingly easy to do, since nobody locks their doors -- those crazy New Yorkers!), all set to an elevator-swing instrumental that sounds suspiciously like the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There". Absolutely atrocious, but if you're with a couple of like-minded friends, it's Instant Fun -- Just Add Wisecracks. Best scene: A long shot (and I mean LONG) of a bartender is interrupted by some yahoo sticking his head in the frame -- which for some reason hasn't been cut out of the film! How great is that?

Grade: D