good back-story, and good acting

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Blistering performances.

two cops on the hunt for a guy who looks like he'll snap your neck first then ask questions later. the movie was a bit long and could have made the same IMPACT if it were a little shorter. the acting was good and the psycho guy was good. but WHAT THE HELL was todd bridges doing in this movie? i haven't seen him in years and i have nothing against the guy but he was just kinda "there", ya know? and i have a problem with the cops and this psycho not even sharing the screen at all. the best thing that could have happened in this movie is to have the psycho go after and kill the partner. and the girl should have lived. even though the twist still worked and i liked how it ended, it could have just used more of the psycho guy leaving more dead bodies. he was one mean looking sicko. it was good that they didn't use too much fake blood because it ruins a movie but i guess that's how it is when you have no money. still liked it though, just should have been SHORTER.

I lived in San Francisco until I was twelve years old. The only thing that really scared me was the thought of ever ending up in Alcatraz. Now the thought of a psycho walking the streets could scare anyone anywhere. I thought the title was catchy but had a really bad feeling about the actual movie. Never really seen any movies with Joe Estevez, but I'll get to him later. When you watch a low end budget/quality type of film you pretty much know what your getting. I'm not one to get into what other reviewers think or say but I don't know what movie they were watching. I've loved watching horror films since I was a kid and all I have to say is how many horribly made garbage can you see? And no, this isn't a horror film, it's a thriller and a very well made one. I really liked the fact that they went that extra mile to make a "movie" which was more of a motion picture attempt, rather than some recycled crap that keeps getting made over and over and over. San Franpsycho introduces two detectives on the trail of a man killing people for his own sick pleasure. A news reporter finds herself being at the top of his list as far as someone he goes out of his way for, risking getting caught. Joe Estevez really played his role well for me seeing him for the first time. He has that old school charisma going for him. He really stood out as should your lead character. The rest of the cast I have mixed feeling about. The psycho himself really needed to be on the screen more. I really liked the performance but there wasn't enough of him. I think the insight in that was to tease the audience with him but not over do it with him. But one of my complaints of the film was to have this guy more involved and produce more of a back story. I see him looking at pictures from other cities but the audience doesn't see them? I don't understand that. I think that would have added a little more gore, even if it's just coming from a picture. The smaller roles seemed to be throw ins. The other cop complimented Estevez very well. You have an older/younger thing going as well as them being different races. The reporter is the actual lead role in the story. The priest character was one of the better moves in this story. They have a priest get involved knowing no one will expect him to get killed. And that's one of the more disturbing parts of the film. But believe me when I tell you that this film has it's share of problems. Like I said, the smaller roles didn't do it for me. The one thing I think most horror/thriller filmmakers don't get is that your victims need to be where your better performances need to come from. If those actors are weak, the performances are weak and it ruins those moments of excitement that these kinds of movies strive on. The killings good enough but you need the actors in these roles to come through a lot more. Some time could have been taken off of this movie. I really liked the fact that someone took the chance and made a dialogue/character driven story but you can only have so much explaining and talking period. If you want a good thriller to watch, watch San Franpsycho. Good movie.

The title and cover instantly got my attention. I managed to find the trailer on you-tube and it looked very interesting. Off I went to Hollywood video and I found the last copy. They had two rows for it and they were all gone, I guess other people are curious about it as well. Anyhow, I was pleasantly surprised. A decent score, acting, storyline and ending that catches you by surprise. These people don't take the typical Hollywood approach with this ending. The movie starts off with one of the craziest looking hulking man I have ever seen strangling a woman and suffocating her with a bag. As she slowly succumbs to her death we see the beautiful City By The Bay in the background. The story continues as two detectives and a priest try to stop the sadistic killer who is stalking a well known reporter. He sends her mysterious, religious themed letters that try and explain his madness. After a few Hitchcockian thrills and Halloweenish kills we find ourselves in the climactic end. I won't tell you who lives and who doesn't but I didn't see it coming. This isn't one of those cheesy by the dozen low budget horrors you find at most stores these days. This is a well crafted, beautifully shot bloody thriller of a movie. And that's my two cents.

go get your camcorder, your little brother, and the disturbing neighbor next door who throws boiling water on raccoons; and you got yourself a film! well, that's what these guys thought anyway. it was so bad i can't even remember the majority of it except for flashbacks comparable to someone who toured in 'Nam. despite the really corny title, the horrible quality, the terrible actors, and the cliché writing, i think this movie isn't the worst i've ever seen. i'm saving that slot for everything with steven seagal, chuck norris and jean-claude van dam. anyhow, if you are out of options when it comes to finding new "horror" films that you haven't seen 1,000 times already, (as i was) and you are debating this one, i would still skip this. it had absolutely no redeeming qualities. this mock serial killer thriller was a weak, puny attempt at an even B film. if they're really lucky it might make the wal-mart $4.50 bin. but, i highly doubt it.