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Rating: 3 out of 5.
On first impressions, the little Australian horror/thriller Girl at the Window was really cheesy. However, as the movie progressed, it started to grow on me. Ella Newton and Radha Mitchell lead the film as daughter and mother, who of course have an obscene amount of friction. With heavy shades of Disturbia and those classic glossy 2000s horror vibes, Girl at the Window manages to pull off the campy tone just right.
The mechanical killer has been on hiatus for six months, but now the mysterious killer is back... In a shocking sequence, a man is shot in the face while a woman is caught and taken away in an extra creepy van. M.O. this killer is only turned for three days before hearing about the tortured remains of the body. Amy (Newton) thinks her neighbor might actually be The Clockwork Killer. He starts making very melodramatic notes about the neighbor's van coming and going, practically timed to each of the murders as they happen.
Despite her meticulous note-taking and likable personality, Amy is smitten with almost everyone in her life. Her mother Barbara (Mitchell) refuses to accept that anything she mentions could be true. Her stocky teacher, Mr. Coleman (James MacKay, Dynasty ), wants Amy to rethink her view - "write as you wrote". Amy's father recently died and Barbara is now dating Chris, the shady neighbor. Amy's best friend won't even believe that Chris is the Mechanical Killer! Spying on Chris becomes an obsession for Amy, much to my amusement.
Girl at the Window is no action epic, but it does have some ugly moments of ugly joy. Eyeballs are ripped from their sockets and the eventual epic showdown with the killer is worth it. Although it seems almost telenovela in style, the film always maintains its fun and breakneck speed.
Viewers should soon realize after the opening credits that this is basically a movie that should never have been made.
The Australian psychological drama of sorts tells the story of a young student (Ella Newton) who believes her neighbor is allegedly the "Hour Killer" (Vince Colosimo), a serial killer who goes around kidnapping, torturing and murdering young people. local residents.
Naturally, no one believes her, including her mother (Radha Mitchell), and the attacker has her on his 'kill list'. Is she legitimately a vigilante or just a wannabe paranoid teenage amateur detective?
The big problem with this movie is the story development because it moves too fast. There is no reason for a girl to suspect her neighbor of foul play so soon. There are just so many black holes in the story and highly improbable but convenient plot elements that move the film forward.
You realize that this drama, more accurately a slasher, has failed in every way when the audience laughs in all the wrong places. As the "intensity" increases, so does the laughter. The stereotypical damsel-in-distress actions like slightly scarring the killer, dropping the knife, and running off into the dark woods are nonsensical, but trademarks of films of this genre.
There are some disturbingly graphic kill scenes and scary moments, but it's too little too late, leaving viewers to wonder if this movie was unintentionally a comedy.
The cheesiness radiates so freely. The poor writing, direction and lackluster acting in the killer finale are exposed in one of the most hilariously unrealistic finales ever made! Yes, Girl At The Window is shocking, but for all the wrong reasons!
The question here is not whether the main character survives the clockwork killer, but more importantly, why prominent actress Radha Mitchell signed on to star in such a ridiculous and memorable film.
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