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Cold Light of Day
UK 1989
produced by Richard Driscoll for Creative Artists Pictures
directed by Fhiona-Louise
starring Bob Flag, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill, Mark Hawkins, Andrew Edmans, Jackie Cox, Bill Merrow, Claire King, Eugene Cheese (as Paul Jay), Deborah Manship, Gary Ewell, Lol Coxhill, Joe Owen, Carlos Downie, Malcolm Rogers, Ken Say, John Baxter, Louis Haslar, Paul McLaine, Steve Munroe, Keith Hamilton Cobb
written by Fhiona-Louise, music by Paul Stuart Davies
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Jorden (Bob Flag) is a pretty uninteresting public servant living in a
run-down flat in a building where he's caught between neighbour Julie
(Jackie Cox), who sees him as husband material even though he has never
shown a hint of interest, and neighbour Albert (Bill Merrow), a senile old
man who actually needs around-the-clock care but it seems Jorden is the
only one who gives a shit. One evening at a pub, Jorden meets Joe (Martin
Byrne-Quinn), an unemployed wannabe artist, and against all odds, the two
get along very well - well enough for Jorden to invite Joe to move in at
his place as Joe doesn't have a flat of his own. However, their
relationship soon deteriorates as it's only Jorden who brings home the
money while Joe has countless affairs - which also has to do with Jorden's
sexual hang-ups of course. Things really come to a head though when Joe
tells Jorden he has found a job - and unexpectedly Jorden's dead set
against it. That night, Jorden strangles Joe to death, then spends the
night with his corpse in his bed. The next morning he hides Jorden's body
under the floorboards, to frequently pull him out again for some company.
Thing is, Jorden soon notices he has taken a liking into killing people,
so he invites men he meets in pubs, mostly homeless guys, up to his flat
frequently, just to strangle them, then cut them up to flush parts of them
down the toilets while throwing other parts directly into the sewers and
the like. Since his victims are mostly homeless, they're not likely to be
missed. But body parts have a nasty habit to clog the plumbing eventually
... Loosely based on the Dennis Nilsen killing spree of late
70s/early 80s London, this movie manages to make its low budget origins
its virtue, using the scarce and run-down sets to create an atmosphere of
claustrophobia and melancholy - which fits perfectly with Jorden's basic
mood -, while also lending a stark sort of realism to the thing mere
studio sets simply couldn't provide. And framing the main story with an
interrogation of Jorden by a detective (Geoffrey Greenhill) who more and
more loses it provides the proper suspense for the story told, making this
one a very startling serial killer flick.
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Robots and rats,
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