Friday, October 15, 2010

The Electric Chair (1977)

Directed by J.G. Patterson Jr.
My rating: BOMB
IMDb
(DVD, Something Weird Video)

Mutilated bodies are discovered at the start of the film, and in flashback we learn they are a local minister and lonely housewife who were cheating on their spouses. Another minister is arrested for the murders and brought to trial, found guilty and sent to the electric chair. He gets a last minute reprieve and is spared. But wait! Crazy Billy is arrested for the crime, along with his sister, and another trial follows with different results. The courtroom scenes are incredibly long and boring, some of the worst stuff I've ever seen and I've seen a lot. The final execution scene consists of strapping the condemned in an apparently real electric chair, flipping the switch and watching a sparkler go off on her head set to menacing synthesizer music. One single lousy sparkler.

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