This is one of those movies where the plot is so lean, simple and deals with such few characters it just makes everything stand so strong. Henry is such an interesting character. He is surprisingly not the most vicious or evil person in the film and is somehow gentle at times. He conveys this mostly with his eyes. You feel the darkness and you feel the damage at the same time. You get the sense he is addicted to killing people in some way. Tracy Arnold is also great in this. I’m surprised she didn’t have a bigger career. I know most of the killings were only shown with audio after the fact due to their low budget, but it really works and is very effective. It’s like JAWS and not seeing the shark. What you can imagine will always be so much more visceral. The rape stuff seemed over the top to me and wasn’t necessary, but it did help the ending when Otis finally becomes too deranged for Henry to handle.
