Discopath (2013)

Discopath: Directed by Renaud Gauthier. With Jérémie Earp-Lavergne, Sandrine Bisson, Ivan Freud, Ingrid Falaise. The mid-70’s: a timid young New Yorker leads an uneventful life until he is fatefully exposed to the pulsating rhythms of a brand-new genre of music: disco. Unable to control his murderous impulses that stem from a traumatic childhood experience, Duane Lewis transforms into a dangerous serial killer exiled to Montreal.

“Thereu0026#39;s some good music in Discopath, mostly electronic rather than disco, but early on we are introduced to the u0026#39;triggeru0026#39; piece that sets the psycho off, and unfortunately it is repeated way too often. The problem is that this piece is better suited to a cartoon than a horror movie. I saw that the filmmaker was trying to fashion a homage to Italian melodrama early on, even before I read the blurb on the back of the dvd. This is achieved I guess, but what is not achieved is actual horror. At no point was there any tension and definitely nothing spooky. Like a bad Tarantino imitation the movie relies on shock value, basically, slash and blood, etc. Despite the story and script being something a 16 year old might of dreamed up, Discopath still had sufficient force to see me through to the end. Thatu0026#39;s basically down to the filming itself, the costume department and the prettiness of all the girls. In regard to the horror, there are some classic images here and there. Then again there are some dumb ones too. The worst of it all was the 1970su0026#39; version of the cops, and although intentional I suspect, it was woeful, both the acting and the story. Iu0026#39;m sorry, much as I enjoyed this attempt at period horror drama, I doubt many others will.”