"Hangman" (2015): Let it Swing
*Originally posted in 2015
Rarely have I come away from a movie viewing experience...hell, any experience...feeling as despondent and dismal as I did after suffering through the spirit slaying swill of "Hangman".
This alleged inspiration (the filmmaker's claim, because there wasn't a damn thing inspiring about any of this stinking cesspool) from true events tracks a masked maniac through multi-concealed cameras as he terrorizes a suburban family of four while hiding inside their home. As near as I can surmise this depraved debacle was efforting to explore through character study the sliced up psyche of a gutted soul in search of Love never shared with his own kin. But that notion is almost as laughable as the myriad of unintentionally comical (albeit it darkly so) scenes where this rancid animal literally stands right next to household members while remaining completely undetected!
"Hangman" imposes upon it's (hopefully limited) audience a festering crapload of degenerate diligence just to hear a mother tell you she loves you. And the nightmare-never-sleeps ending is ripped right off without variation from other flicks scads superior to this festival of feces.
But, hey now, if you wanna spend about an hour and a half of your time on this planet watching a whack-job voyeur engineer the demolition of an innocent couple and their kids, then be my guest.
Just don't come this way with your head hangin' low and lookin' for sympathy after doing so, man.
I tried to warn ya.
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