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ASTRAL FACTOR
(1976)
a.k.a. The Invisible Strangler




Quick Rating:  *



 

A cheesy, bad, B-movie from the 70s.  We start out in a California state hospital for the criminally insane, where a convict has learned how to turn himself invisible.  Yep, and it gets worse from there!  He can also make his eyes twinkle, and when he does that you don't know what is going to happen!  Your glasses could break, books could fall on you, you could even be attacked by your own mattress!  So we have to just accept that he has these powers.  He got them from reading books.  uh-huh.  okay.

So, obviously he escapes, and the killing spree starts.  You see, Mommy didn't like her little invisible strangler, and he killed her.  And then went on to kill other women like her - the jet-set trendy celebrity type.  And he went to jail for it.  Now, he's got some unfinished business.
 
The movie is super cheesy.  There's no cheaper effect to have an invisible man strangle someone.  And for some reason, this guy can turn himself invisible, yet his breathing and heartbeat are super loud!?  There's no real point to the story.  There's a bunch of totally forgettable characters.  The one you do remember - Candy - you'd like to forget.  Not sure what her purpose in this film was.  But she can make one damn spongy cake!
 
Don't bother wasting your time with this trash.
 
Tagline: "What you can't see... can kill you!"
 
 



 
 

Quality: 1.0  Visuals: 2.0  Intensity: 2.0  Laughability: 2.0
OVERALL RATING: 1.8
 

reviewed 2005