Review of Flareup

Flareup (1969)
7/10
Takes a special eye to appreciate the Love in the movie
13 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
There is a lot of Love in this flick as Raquel (Michelle) leaves the city where she was almost murdered for another city. At first, it is to escape the immediate threat, but as time goes on, it may be just to escape her life before and bury it in the arms of a new one.

Like that, the movie is believable, but 97 minutes may be too short to communicate that message and still maintain the tension that homicidal maniac is after her. It is just not quite the right balance of things. A flick of all chase would get tedious after a while and would probably be a waste of an actress such as Raquel.....but the embraces of love leave one wondering when the next violent scene is going to be.

Luke Askew is perfect as the killer. He has the looks for the personalty for someone who sees people as just things to use for his own purposes. For better or worse, the killer has a cool calculating mind for even though people mean nothing to him, he knows their values to others.

The tension is decently done with nice surprises along the way for a movie made in a time when all the answers weren't so quickly obtained. It's a flick worth a look and not for the brief scene or two of topless dancers.
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