Directed by:
Paul BartelCinematography:
Andrew DavisComposer:
Hugo FriedhoferCast:
Ayn Ruymen, John Ventantonio, Lucille Benson, John Lupton, Laurie Main, Paul Bartel, Dorothy Neumann, Ann GibbsVOD (1)
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Check out who's checked in at the musty old King Edward Hotel in a seedy section of L.A.: Cheryl, a runaway teen who hopes to piece her life together. Little does she know that someone at the hotel has a nasty little penchant for chopping people into pieces. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
Reviews (1)
A hotel, voyeurism, perversion. Private Parts is a very slow mystery-thriller directed by Paul Bartel and features nice camera work by Andrew Davis (who would become the director of The Fugitive). The middle of the movie drags a bit - early on in the movie there is a rather unexpected murder featuring a decapitated head, and then nothing happens for a long time except the ominous discovery of some dark recesses in an old hotel and its strange guests. It soon becomes a relatively light-hearted and original homage to Hitchcock's Psycho, with the pretty captivating score by Hugo Friedhofer. However, it does not provide any major shocks or real horror.
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