A restoration for this legendary, chilling and harrowing film.
Henry (Michael Rooker), a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of dead bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of his sleazy ex-prison buddy, Otis (Tom Towles). Into this toxic environment comes Otis’ younger sister, Becky (Tracy Arnold), who’s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay. What Becky doesn’t realize is that Otis and Henry are now killing together, murdering for kicks and sinking to ever more shocking depths of depravity. Gritty, gory and highly unsettling, cult filmmaker John McNaughton’s controversial horror classic is a nightmarish cinema landmark that once seen, is not easily forgotten.
Henry (Michael Rooker), a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of dead bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of his sleazy ex-prison buddy, Otis (Tom Towles). Into this toxic environment comes Otis’ younger sister, Becky (Tracy Arnold), who’s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay. What Becky doesn’t realize is that Otis and Henry are now killing together, murdering for kicks and sinking to ever more shocking depths of depravity. Gritty, gory and highly unsettling, cult filmmaker John McNaughton’s controversial horror classic is a nightmarish cinema landmark that once seen, is not easily forgotten.
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