Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Psychotronic Man (1979)


International Harmony
Directed by Jack M. Sell
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
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A Chicago barber starts having headaches and goes on a drive in the country for some relaxation. Instead, he finds himself, and his car, floating in the air. His wife thinks he is drunk or dreaming and sends him to the doctor. He revisits the location of his floating car and encounters a redneck farmer, only to kill him in a fit of rage without even touching him. He flees to his doctor again, but by now his anger is out of control which leads to another murder. The cops get involved which leads to a long chase taking up nearly the last third of the film. He gets cornered on a roof by a SWAT team, but survives in a twist ending. Low budget schlock is sort of a male version of Carrie, with terrible acting and amateur directing, but producer/writer Peter Spelson as the tormented barber makes it watchable in a "so bad it's good" kind of way.

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