I, Madman

After a strong 1950s-set start featuring a stop-motion animation creature called "Jackal Boy", Takacs accords his promising material increasingly static treatment. Some thrills survive, though.

One of the most unique slashers to come from the genre's 80's boom period, it falls depressingly flat in points & never really makes full use of its premise. The performances are fine, with Wright & Rohner showing decent chemistry, but the script is inconsistent & does no character any favors. The plotting is lazy, the twists aren't hard to see coming, & the eventual resolution feels half-baked. All said, it's harmless, middle of the road stuff that suffers from wasted potential.