Deviant Behavior (2017)
Matt Boiselle
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Starring Eric Rodrigue, Tania S. Monroy, Alex Heatherley
Directed by Jacob Grim
Gritty, grimy, sleazy and slimy…no, I’m not talking about my prom date in high school – what I’m referring to is the latest film from director Jacob Grim titled Deviant Behavior. It’s one of those “hardboiled detective on the hunt for a sadistic killer” flicks, and aside from a few negatives on the balancing scales, it actually was quite a bit better than I’d originally anticipated.
The detective I referred to is Charlie Reese (Rodrigue), who used to work for the force, but has been working recently as a private investigator. The caseload has been a bit thin lately, leaving Charlie to catch up on his boozing and cavorting with less-than-pure ladies – everyone’s got a vice (bad pun). One day he’s approached by a man who needs his assistance in locating a missing girl, The police have chalked it up as a runaway scenario, but Reese, eager for a paycheck, isn’t going to let it sit as such a write-off. He begins his search around the city, questioning vagrants and hookers abound in the hopes of making sense of this girl’s whereabouts. Now we all as self-respecting horror fans know where she could be, don’t we? Especially with a porcelain-doll masked sadist on the rampage, it’s kind of a forgone conclusion, but the good detective isn’t aware of that just yet.
On the other side of the coin, the evil tandem in question here is the ever-so-smooth Dr. Firley (Weatherley) and his “partner” if you will: a tattooed, masked and extremely silent killer that does the bad doc’s dirty work (hey, great couples work better as a team). What sounds like the Swedish-supergroup ABBA on full-volume, this brutal executioner takes serene pleasure in dispatching her victims, and the presentation should make the gorehounds moderately happy. Grim employs a decent mix of both gritty cop film and horror essence to create a watch that should keep both genre aficionados pleasantly pleased. Now the downside in this display is by far the acting, with only Rodrigue in the leading role as the only one that spot-on nailed his character’s portrayal, as everyone else who read lines just seemed to be hanging on with little enthusiasm. Nevertheless, if you’re willing to look past the sluggish thespian-like activity, you’ve got yourself a decent watch – make sure to check this one out when it becomes available to the masses.
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