Review – Fade to Black

This movie comes from the faraway age of the early 80s, when violent stalkers were new and interesting rather than filler for a slow news day with no riots or mass shootings. Dennis Christopher is iconic as Eric Binford, a movie nerd pushed into a psychotic killing spree by the usual blend of bullying and unrequited love. The production is awkward in an early 80s way, and it’s fun to count the plot points that would have played differently in the age of home video and cell phones. Overall this is just creepy enough to be entertaining. Mildly amusing