rivanerakaren Chilling movie to watch because its based on real events, but the acting is superb. I watched the latest one with Tim Roth and as far as I'm concerned they are both 10/10. Watch them both you won't be disappointed.

MartinHafer In the 1940s and 50s, a sick little pervert gassed, raped and strangled at least eight different people. This movie is a dramatization of some of his murders.The film begins during WWII and shows, with a bit too much detail, the murder of one of John Christie's victims. Then, the film jumps ahead to 1949 and follows one particular set of victims. Christie (Richard Attenborough) is the landlord for a couple (John Hurt and Judy Geeson). The couple are quite poor and dysfunctional and with the approach of an unwanted pregnancy, Christie offers to help. He claims to have a medical background and will perform an abortion. However, he intends to instead gas, rape and strangle her like his other victims. After her rape/murder, Christie tells the husband that she died as a result of the abortion. What happens next makes this an even sadder tale--but you'll have to see a terrible miscarriage of justice.This film is somewhat hard to watch. While the rape/murders are not shown in full detail, enough is shown to make the viewer uncomfortable--especially since the Christie murders at 10 Rillington Place actually did occur. No one knows just how many people he raped and killed, but they know of at least eight. The acting is very good (I particularly admired the acting of Attenborough but John Hurt was also very nice) and the film is technically well made--but also very, very unpleasant. I did not like the film but must praise it as a quality production.

anthonyparra Had the luck to see this again when shown as a late night movie in Australia a few weeks ago The brilliance of this film is that Evil for lack of a better word can come from someone who seems so banal. Richard Attenborough's portrayal of John Christie is a perfect example of an actors craft.The very banality of Christie makes your skin want to crawl. Strangely enough I first saw this movie in black and white which made it even creepier.John Hurt does sterling work in the support role as the tenant upstairs wrongly convicted of his wife and child.If your looking for a blood and gore movie you will be disappointed however if your looking for brilliantly acted psychological movie you definitely wont go wrong with this movie.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain Immediately one of the greatest films I have ever seen. I feel so privileged that I was able to see this film on the big screen. It starts with the wonderful Richard Attenborough being a sick little puppy. Set during the war, in a policeman's uniform, offering medical help to a young woman. Attenborough is everything that someone should trust. A calm English man that offers you tea. Next, he's murdering the woman with gas, and not a hint of remorse. The film jumps forward 5 years, and introduces a tragic couple. They are about to have a baby, but cannot afford one. This sparks Attenborough's killing side, and he offers to perform an abortion. The film becomes a tense and depressing thriller that outlines the problems with capital punishment. It's sad as it's a battle of wits, but one of the protagonists has no wits to battle with. Attenborough is one of the most chilling and disturbing villains I've ever seen. The claustrophobic setting, the invasion of someones life, and the heartless deception, are just some of the great things about this movie. As it finished on a freeze frame we hear heavy breathing, next the credits scroll silently. Everyone in the cinema stood up in silence as though they had just been punched and winded. This film had more dread and a bigger impact than any I can recall.