So went back and watched this. It was really bizarre, like some 90's vision of what the 50's future would be like, and was all over the place in tone.
Starts off pretty interesting (cringy rap about the whole family aside) but is pretty slow in the beginning. However; there is a change from wholesome to dark that comes on slowly but keeps accelerating into madness. In my opinion worth sticking out if you like the unique, dark, and fucking weird.
This is a movie that would never have a chance of getting made today, though I wish that weren't so.
Thanks for sharing!
Regardless of whether you like old Hank Williams style country give this Eddie Noack song that was recorded in 1968 a full listen. It's creepy as fuck.
I like that open ending.
Is his Mama in shock at what he's telling her? Did he kill her? Is she just dead but he still talks to her like Norman bates? (might make sense as the influence as this was released in the same decade as the movie Psycho)
Also I couldn't help thinking of the song Excitable Boy by Warren Zeavon and how they're almost completely opposites songs dealing with similar situations. Where Zeavon takes the perspective of society making excuses for the actions of a psycho in an overly happy manner, Noack uses a more somber tone to tell of a killers self acceptance of being crazy.
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