
Assault
Evil grows wild... nothing else lives very long.
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Release Date
2/11/1971Runtime
91 minsOverview
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
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A 1970s exploitation thriller that trades in graphic violence and female vulnerability while ostensibly telling a crime-solving narrative. It's deliberately provocative and deeply uncomfortable to watch.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
Justice
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-like
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual violence
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