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Going into The Redeemer, I didn't expect anything, but I'd been told it was a really weird movie I just had to see to believe. Well, they were right. The Redeemer is about as weird as they come, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite as creepy as it is.
Trying to decipher the first 15 minutes of this movie are next to impossible, but if you get past that, you'll find an eerie and atmospheric early slasher before "the rules" of the sub-genre had been created.
The characters are colorful with special attention to Jeanetta Arnette's lovable floozy, Cindy. They're all picked because of their "sins", such as gluttony, greed, homosexuality, etc. and picked off one by one at their fake high school reunion by a creepy preacher with a knack for outlandish disguises. I'll be honest - some of these disguises range from daffy to downright terrifying (that scene in the auditorium, the grim reaper, and the John Wayne Gacy-ish clown are all horrifying). The entire film feels like someone's nightmare, cobbled together without much thought for logic or realism. It's quite a sight to behold. T.G. Finkbinder's Redeemer is a truly imposing and creepy figure with his endless disguises and penchant for long Shakespearian monologues.
The Redeemer is worth the time for cult film fanatics. It'll be hard to find an American film this bizarre.
score 9/10
carolinephillips-47427 13 March 2017
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