Of course, as this crazy Matlock fan tells it, she pulls the rope too tight and inadvertently strangles the girl. If that isn't enough, we also get to see the real killer, a demented trucker, kill several women, one of whom has flies crawling across her face in a motel scene. Particularly objectionable here are morgue scenes and photos of the bruised and bloodied dead women. In one of the morgue scenes, a callous attendant eats sushi as he stands by the corpse and rattles off his report. After about 10 minutes of this thing, it hit me how wrong this whole movie was.
People watch it.
Because it deals with sensational topics and horrifying thoughts and deeds, this film will draw pretty good numbers from what I call TV's gawkers, the people who watch junk like Cops and When Animals Attack. Happy Face and movies like it are the TV equivalent to highway disasters. Many people will slow down and linger, fascinated by the horror. I've decided that I've had more than my share of televised horror, and will from now on implement a new approach to it. If not, forget it.