Following hot on the heals of the previous killer shock, The Hillside Strangler, this one is told from another point of view, that being of hot young Brittany Daniel, as psychiatrist, Samantha Stone, who interviews Kenneth Bianchi (Clifton Collins Jnr) which leads to the arrest of the other, tougher Bianchi brother, played by a miscast actor who'll you'll remember from the provocative film, A Girl's Life. Not delving into Bianci's crimes in flashback, we also delve into Stone's unstable life, getting over her ex, and seeking happiness through drugs and booze ups, wild parties, which you wouldn't expect from your usual shrink, where more to the point, sounds like what Daniel's would do, off camera. As the shrink, she doesn't pull it off. She's wrong for the part. What leads me to that analysis, is you can tell she really tries, where a self consciousness is lurking about. Collins is much better as Bianchi, quite good, in fact, though I remember Tommy Howell, playing it better in the prior Bianchi movie. This is a why did they make this movie? What leads me to say that, is that we do take away from Bianci, meddling in Daniel's problems, the opening scene as one example, as the camera swirls around her swank beach apartment to a beaty version of the song "You can ring my bell", where we feel we've taken a wrong route to the story. How Daniel's finally caught Bianchi, I must say was impressive, well not so this movie, but it still deserves a watch, particularly if you like hot Daniels.
