KILL THRILL
DVD Region 0. Private

On the face of it, Private’s Kill Thrill would seem to have everything going for it. The moody cover art, the intriguing premise – a serial killer finds his past catching up with him as the ghosts of his victim return to haunt him - and a brooding opening all hint that this could be something special.

Sadly, it all falls apart rather quickly.

While the production values are as good as you would hope from Private, the story rapidly disintigrates – clearly the writers had a good concept but then couldn’t figure out what to do with it, and so it soon deteriorates into a series of slick, passionless couplings that involve beautiful people and sexy costumes, but lack any sexual heat. Any sense of dark, brooding sexuality and the deviant sexuality that the story is crying out for are sadly lacking.

Oh, and the dubbing of the lead actress – usually achieved by having her dialogue spoken while her face is off-camera – is incredibly distracting. A wasted opportunity, I fear.

DAVID FLINT

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