Runtime:
93 minutes
Release
Date: May 1, 1998
Rating:
R
Director:
Scott Reynolds
Simon
Cartwright is the kind of man who you don't want to meet in a dark
alley. In addition to killing numerous people, he keeps talking about
an unknown entity that he calls the Ugly. Simon, who landed in a
mental institution, fully believes that he is cured, but he needs the
second opinion of another doctor before he can get released. Enter
Karen Shumaker, a doctor who recently helped another serial killer
get out of the institution.
Over
the course of their talks, Simon reveals a number of details about
his life. She discovers that other kids bullied him as a child and
that his own mother kept him under tight reign. She kept him from
seeing his father and prevented the man from helping Simon. The more
they talk, the more she realizes that he blames a dark entity for
each of his decisions and that the entity might be more than a
figment of his imagination.
"The
Ugly" is one of those cult films that it seems every horror fan
watched at least once in their life. This was actually my second
viewing. I originally saw it back in the "old days" where
Netflix let you actually get DVDs delivered to your house without
paying out the ass. The first time I saw it, I didn't understand the
hype, and after watching it again, I'm still not sure I understand
the hype.
While
it is a solid little horror film, I don't know why it gets such great
reviews when other similar films are almost universally panned. I
actually completely forgot that I saw it before when I started
watching it.
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