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Twisted Nerve (1968)

Young man with split personality becomes dangerously obsessed with a sympathetic woman. Thrilling for fans of psychological dramas.

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror

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Twisted Nerve(1968)

Movie1h 52mEnglishDrama, Thriller, Horror
6.9
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Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.

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A little underatted maybe. Martin is a very aware guy and its his awareness as well as illness that'#39;s effected him. The character isn'#39;t the usual narcissistic controlling man or crazy killer. He has empathetic qualities. The way Susan'#39;s mom calls Georgie/Martin simple upon their first meeting shows how easy people are to manipulate for Martin, and how people judge others instantly. Or was it just a clunky plot point? Both. The first half has small social and psycological commentary and it'#39;s easy to miss. The second half adds the usual slasher and detective elements and did slow down a bit until the end. It has the science bit that feels more like an advert for L'#39;Oréal. Autistim is also described as someone who want to stop as a baby so it'#39;s a little dated. Overall this movie is a decent shock psycho thriller. It'#39;s a little cheesy (the portrayal of illness) which I don'#39;t mind. The acting is good. Obviously the theme tune is catchy. I was convinced the main actor was the guy from Birds Of A Feather but they are in fact brothers.

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**_Hayley Mills in a late 60’s psychological drama-thriller_** A 22 years-old man (Hywel Bennett) cops a childlike personality to get close to a winsome library worker in London (Mills). He seeks to get his foot in the door of her mother’s boarding house. Havoc ensues. “Twisted Nerve” (1968) was influenced by Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (and even borrows Bernard Herrmann for the score), but it’s more dramatic and less over-the-top. Hayley was 21 years-old during shooting and thoroughly winsome, as usual, but she needed to eat some cheeseburgers. Meanwhile Billie Whitelaw is sultry as the mother in a subdued way. There’s a curious voiceover at the beginning that states: “there is no established scientific connection between mongolism (aka Down Syndrome) and psychotic or criminal behavior.” Yet this was unnecessary in light of the fact that the key character in the movie doesn’t have Down Syndrome. Secondly, so a relative of a person with Down Syndrome has psychological issues and commits a serious crime or two, so what? Who in their right mind would draw the conclusion that EVERYONE related to a person with Down Syndrome would be that way? Interesting tidbit: Tarantino borrowed the whistling tune from Herrmann’s score for “Kill Bill” (when Elle Driver impersonates a nurse) and “Death Proof” (heard as Abernathy Ross’ ringtone). It runs 1 hour, 58 minutes, and was shot in Twickenham, which is just southwest of London (I’m talking about the Harper house, which happened to be the residence of Hayley’s family). Studio stuff was done in Shepperton, which is about 5 miles southwest of there. GRADE: B-

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