FilmNRPsychological Slasher

No Way to Treat a Lady1968

Name: No Way to Treat a Lady
Genre: Psychological, Slasher
Released: 1968-03-20
Rating: 7.2

“...or is it?”

Directed by Jack Smight

7.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 7.0Rotten Tomatoes 89%TMDB 6.7

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On the charts

#20·Top Slasher Films

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Year

1968

Runtime

108 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$3,100,000

🏆 Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total

The premise

Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.

Horror Vault's take

A flamboyant killer with a flair for costumes and disguises stalks the women of New York City, leaving behind a trail of victims — and an inexplicable urge to taunt the overworked NYPD detective assigned to catch him. Rod Steiger delivers a chameleonic performance as the strangler, whose warped sense of theatre turns the investigation into a darkly comic chess match. Meanwhile, the detective's personal life refuses to stay out of the way, as a sharp-witted woman and an overbearing mother each vie for his attention. The result is a pitch-black comedy wrapped around a genuinely chilling premise.

Content: Strangulation Violence, Depictions Of Murder, Dark Humor Surrounding Killing