Struggling with a tony British accent, the late Anthony Perkins does his best to energize A DEMON IN MY VIEW, a boring psychodrama that utterly wrecks the gripping Ruth Rendell novel on which it's based.
For years, Arthur Johnson (Perkins) has kept his dirty, sadistic little secrets to himself. Going a little mad on occasion and killing a nurse or a hooker, Arthur usually gets his kicks making love in his cellar to a mannequin dressed up as his mother. Mentally taxed to the max with memories of
his homicidal impulses, this depraved mama's boy is unhinged when a second Mr. Johnson named Anthony (Uwe Bohm) moves into his apartment building. Smitten with a married ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins