I’ve been meaning to see this for 20 years, and finally just did. It has a flavor all it’s own, particularly when compared to similar films of the late 60’s. It’s vulgar, heart-breaking, evil. Gritty but somehow otherworldly. Don’t expect true-crime or a police procedural – this is a giant palate for concerns of psychology, parenting, sin, repentance, justice, and inner morality.

Like John Frankenhiemer movies from the 60’s (e.g. ‘Seconds’), this is a thoughtful psycho-cultural study that managed to be released perhaps only because the studios and Hayes code were falling apart.

It’s available in Blu-ray as a split with the Seymour-Hoffman"Capote" (ha!) and looks unfathomably stunning.