Man Bites Dog (1992)
9/10
The Vidiot Reviews...
30 April 2017
Man Bites Dog

The problem with video recording your murders in the 1990s was no online ad revenue.

So it's hard to understand why the serial killer in this black comedy would do it.

With a film crew in tow, charismatic sociopath Ben (Benoît Poelvoorde) goes about his day-to- day, detailing in-depth for the cameras the finer points of slaying strangers. He demonstrates his barbaric methods as well.

While they are passive observers at first, the film crew soon help Ben restrain and dispose of his random victims. As such, they become collateral damage when someone target's Ben for revenge.

A pioneer of the found footage sub-genre, this 1992 satire from Belgium takes the mockumentary style in a very dark direction. By blending off-kilter comedy with sadistic cruelty, this NC-17 rated cult hit is jarring in ways few horror movies are.

Incidentally, taping your carnage will show jurors just how hot you use to look.

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