Saturday, March 7, 2015

Psycho from Texas (1975)

aka Wheeler

How bad is it? It's low-budget, poorly produced and nonsensical.
Should you see it? I give it a very marginal thumbs-up.

A wealthy oil man is kidnapped in a southern town and then there's some meaningless murders and a couple of rapes. The main character is a sociopath who has flashbacks to his childhood when he was forced to watch his mother sleep with men and that apparently led to his current situation. I'm guessing a bit, as there's no real character development. The acting is generally sub-par, except by Linnea Quigley in a small role. Made in 1974, this wasn't fully released until 1982. There's continuity problems and I think the background sounds are looped. The film, considered as a sort of southern gothic hillbilly trashfest, has a small cult following.

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