For grindhouse movie fans, this Blu Ray is the most disappointing and worthless product ever.because the original is truly a powerhouse of exploitation insanity. To make matters worse, the movie was released on Blu Ray, but for some ridiculous reason, it's that truncated, heavily censored 75 minute version! Apparently the director prefers the soft version that omits all the sex and violence. In the end, that reworked version survived, while the original, 93 minute cut, seemed to disappear from the face of the Earth, other than it's survival contained within that rare VHS tape. But a few years later, when the name of Tanya Roberts, who made her film debut here, became a household name, the owners of the movie rights decided to clean it up, releasing an even shorter version, running a mere 72 minutes, that removed what little sex and violence there was in the 75 minute cut. Every frame of this movie was seedy and lurid and i would not consider one second as family entertainment. This film was reworked and played theaters with a PG rating, which is absolutely unthinkable, at least in the 1970s, when movies had reached their peak with graphic sex and violence. But if you have only seen that 75 minute cut, you won't see any of the disturbing scenes described here. Females are choked, beaten, stabbed and violated with beer bottles. Those who have the misfortune of crossing Carl's path, meet a horrific end graphically nasty end. He hunts for beautiful women to murder, and rape.in that order. We follow the car mechanic Carl on his hunting adventures. With a 75 minute running time, the length typical of hardcore features of the time, the story is told from the killer's point of view. This movie, in it's original form, is a lean and mean, and very intense horror film that closely resembles "Maniac" that came out a few years later. Or is it a remake? Originally titled "The Last Victim," this time the maniac, Carl, is the product of an abusive mother who tortured him as a child. Apparently someone else thought so too, which is why this remake was made. If they had spent more time on the horror aspect and less on the ugly hardcore sex, that film would be a classic. In that movie, the psychotic sex maniac was a disturbed Vietnam Vet, and that porn movie is so unpleasant and ugly that parts are difficult to watch. "Forced Entry" is of course, a loose remake of the hardcore feature starring Harry Reems. But the ridiculously low score here suggests that most viewers have seen the 75 minute cut, the one that was released to theaters after the commercial success of actress Tanya Roberts. It's hard to judge the ratings here because it isn't known what version they are reviewing.
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