Sudden Fury (1975)
7/10
Suddenly furious.
17 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Joining in on ICM's Canadian Challenge,I started checking my DVD watch list piles for flicks to play. Getting the title thanks to it sounding like a tough Grindhouse movie,I was excited to unleash some sudden fury in Canada.

View on the film:

Going to the backwoods for his own written and directed film,writer/director Brian Damude & cinematographer James B. Kelly serve up a choice chunk of Grindhouse grime,with the odd out of focus and unsteady camera move adding to the scruffy Grindhouse quality.

Using every inch of Matthew McCauley's spidery score,Damude gives the title a great menacing atmosphere,with rugged whip-pans revealing how far Al and Janet are for any escape from the psycho.

Limiting the sudden fury to a handful of characters,the screenplay by Damude strikes with a wonderful viciousness,from Janet and Fred pecking at each other in the first scene,to Al finding out the risk of being a "have a go hero."

Going down on a Grindhouse hicksville farm for the final, Damude fires off a double barrel of harsh nihilism,as Al experiences sudden fury.
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