Tenement

1985
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1h 34m

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5.5/10

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A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.

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A sick pageant of precipitant brutality from Roberta Findlay.

A piggish gang of inner-city punks embark on a sadistic killing spree inside a ruinous low-income housing facility, intent on making the building "their own". Some truly vexatious scenes of gleefully exacted torture and murder make TENEMENT one of the most inclement exploitation films of the 80s.

Rather deficiently crafted for the most part, this is still possibly schlock-queen Roberta Findlay's most technically accomplished effort, and it actually features a few uncommonly decent performances. TENEMENT is a deliberately discomforting urban horror film recommended explicitly to those seeking a challenge to their humane sensitivities and emotional sang-froid...not exactly a "feel good movie of the year" nominee, but it certainly meets its grievous objectives head-on. Be aware of what you're in for.

5/10

EyeAskance
Nov 19, 2003
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Director Roberta Findlay says the savage rape of Leona (Rhetta Hughes) was inspired by the real-life rape and murder of Kitty Genovese, which occurred on March 13, 1964. At the time this was filmed, the widespread public understanding of the Genovese case was that while she was being murdered, many witnesses who resided in her apartment complex saw the event transpire and chose not to act either by intervening directly or alerting the authorities. This led to decades of the case being considered emblematic of bystander apathy and group inhumanity; however, this perception was derived almost totally from one largely inaccurate account of the murder that in the twenty-first century has been heavily debunked.

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Featured in Roberta Findlay on 'Tenement' (2005)

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Tenement
Sung by the Kool Krew
Written by Pete Warner, Denise L. Davis and David Baughan
Produced, Arranged and Performed by Pete Warner and Denise L. Davis
© 1985 Zip Zap Music, ASCAP/Warner's Thunder Music, SESAC