While not as psychologically insightful or as creepy as PSYCHO, this is still a fairly entertaining movie. Portly mamma's boy Victor Bouno can't stop himself from strangling women (in fact he soars into cosmic ecstasy when performing the deed). He finds himself smitten with pretty Davy Davison, who works at the local penny arcade. Director Burt Topper puts together an OK chiller that is frequently more silly than scary. Still, Buono excels in this type of role and Ellen Corby is pretty outrageous as his hard hearted mother. Diane Sayer is funny as one of Davison's opinionated coworkers. The script is by Bill Ballinger. The whole thing feels like a William Castle production but it's not.
Review of The Strangler
