Crimewave

1985
PG
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

7.1K

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Dark Comedy Parody Slapstick Comedy Crime Horror

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells ... Read allA pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

7.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Bruce Campbell commented that the film "wasn't released, it escaped".

Goofs
While the majority of the exterior shots were filmed in Detroit, towards the beginning of the film, the night time distant shot of the city (in red glow) right before the storm hits, is clearly Chicago, as the Sears Tower is quite prominent in the shot.

Quotes
Renaldo the Heel: I've never seen you here before. I like that in a woman.

Crazy credits
After the credits, we see the box (with Mrs. Trend inside) in Uruguay.

Alternate versions
The region 2 DVD version is missing some seconds of Arthur's death scene. Vic no longer warns him of an impending over-pass, and Arthur's speech before he dies is cut completely.

Connections
Featured in Ghost Cars at the Winchester Mystery House (1995)

Soundtracks
Rialto
Written by Joseph LoDuca (as Joe LoDuca)

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Featured review

6/10

A cartoon with real people instead of animations

This is a cartoon with real people instead of animations. At first, I didn't know what to make of this movie. Then, I realized that it was an excellent one-of-a-kind genre. The too-cute, trite story of a lowly security guard, Victor Ajax (Reed Birney), trying to impress a pretty, hard-to-get girl, Nancy (Sheree J. Wilson), isn't really as important as the craftsmanship that goes into the making of this cartoon movie whose main characters are Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) and the two cartoonish 'exterminators' who will kill any size pest. Some may call this movie "campy." I call it great!!!

The colors and settings are vivid, like a cartoon. And, the characters are just as unpredictable and indestructible as they would be in your typical cartoon: getting hit in the head with a row of bowling balls, only to be just dazed and not dead; falling out of tall building windows, only to get up and continue on with the action of the sequence; falling down a chute and into a box to be sent off to South America, etc.