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  • Actors: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle
  • Directors: Donald Volkman, Leonard Kastle
  • Writers: Leonard Kastle
  • Producers: Paul Asselin, Warren Steibel
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Prism Leisure Corporation
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Dec. 2004
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000AM780
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,885 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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American cult classic based on the true story of multiple murderers Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) and Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco). Raymond makes a living conning lonely women out of their savings. Martha, originally one of his targets, eventually becomes his partner and, acting as his sister, accompanies him on a marriage-and-murder spree.

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Though it was pre-produced by Martin Scorsese, who left the project after arguments with the producers, The Honeymoon Killers wound up being written and directed by Leonard Kastle, one of cinema's great one-hit wonders. The Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer of 1969, The Honeymoon Killers follows hefty nurse Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler, who looks like a humourlessly malevolent Roseanne) and her low-rent gigolo lover Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) as they take up serial murder for profit and passion, luring middle-aged women into marriage through lonely-hearts ads, then killing them and raiding their savings. Based on a genuine crime case history, it is filmed in the candid-camera style of a Frederick Wiseman documentary. The intense scenes (such as the couple's frightening love-play: escalating arguments that end in awkward killings) unfold with a fly-on-the-wall dryness, showcasing the extraordinary acting of the leads and their cameo victims. A rare film in which genuine romantic love does not excuse the central couple's amoral behaviour, this still manages to generate some sympathy for the truly monstrous Martha. The washed-out black and white photography and sometimes scratchy soundtrack (the score is sampled from Mahler) have a deliberately amateurish feel which adds to the film's chilling power, lodging it into the memory.

On the DVD: Along with a lurid trailer and gallery of images are filmographies for Stoler, Lo Bianco and (redundantly) Kastle. The widescreen transfer is excellent, representing perfectly the film's rough-hewn look but also bringing out a lot of detail--like Stoler's freckles, which have looked like grain on video releases. --Kim Newman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 starsRealistic cult classic still proves a killer..
By Richard Bowden on 4 July 2007
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When fledgling director Martin Scorsese was removed from his first project after spending too much time on master shots, the film's scriptwriter, sometime opera composer Leonard Kastle eventually stepped into the breach. Like Howard Hawks before him, who had made Rio Bravo (1959) as a reaction against the perceived moral falsities of High Noon (1952), Kastle had also written his screenplay as a riposte to an earlier film. After seeing Bonnie And Clyde (1967), he felt that the glamorous crime duo in Penn's film bore little resemblance to reality. For his own treatment he settled on another notorious pairing from the annals of American crime: that of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, the 1940s' slayers dubbed by contemporary tabloids as 'The Lonely Hearts Killers', who met their due judicial end in San Quentin in 1951.

The Honeymoon Killers, as his film was finally called, is an account of Beck and Fernandez and their growing relationship during their notorious murder spree. Fernandez was a con man who preyed on spinsters, promising matrimony and then absconding with their savings. Once linked with Beck, his activities took a fatal turn and matters were complicated by their growing attachment. In fact, Kastle originally intended his film to be called 'Dear Martha', taking as its centre Martha's emotional engagement with her lover, rather than the cold facts of their crimes. It was the producers who ultimately opted for the more lurid title in an attempt to exploit the likely marquee appeal. In some ways it is apt, as we see Ray and Martha (introduced as his 'sister') meet and exploit several vulnerable women or discussing marriage with them before despatching with increasing levels of callousness, either before or after the event.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsLonely Hearts of Death
By Brian Paul Carnduff on 8 April 2013
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A fine film, made unique partly by the fact it was the director's only feature film. The fact the maker was interested in other things and came from outside of Hollywood makes this one of the definitive & truly indie cult movies. Great performances all around, especially from Shirley Stoller as the female lead ; the whole thing unfolds in a realistic quasi-documentary style, is sometimes humorous, sometimes horrible, particularly when illustrating the banality of evil, but it also easily, despite their ghastly deeds, elicits sympathy for killers, insofar as in the end the viewer is convinced of their true love.
Besides the main feature, which appears visually a fine print compared to some other inferior versions (but still with very tinny sound), you also get a great interview with the director and a chronological account of the real case & trial illustrated with crime scene photos and letters written by the killers, including details of their last requested meals before going to the electric chair.
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4.0 out of 5 starsOften Overlooked
By M. Dowden HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 31 Jan. 2010
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This film from 1969 is a stark look at the lives of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, otherwise known by the press as 'the lonely hearts killers'. This film seems to hover between a documentary style along with a normal amateur movie, and is shot in grainy black and white, which gives it an added atmosphere; it is really quite good. Shirley Toler and Tony Lo Bianco who play the leads are quite believable as the evil pair.

Although only convicted for three murders it was rumoured at the time and is usually assumed that there were a lot more than this. This film sticks quite closely to the facts and doesn't sensationalize the story as so often happens nowadays. Raymond is a man who cons women out of money and valuables with the promise of mariage, but things change when he comes across Martha Beck. The two set themselves up as brother and sister to fool their victims, who they are quite prepared to dispose of if things don't go right. Although this film was originally classified at a high viewing age it really should be dropped to a 15 certificate for these days.

This is well worth viewing if you are into true crime stories and is a cult classic. If you look on the internet you can find more out about the couple and their executions, also I believe there are a couple of books on the case.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot for the faint-hearted...
By Lyn Morgan Ing on 28 Jan. 2015
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This film is has attained - deservedly - the status of a cult classic. We watch with mounting horror as the obsessive relationship between Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez (portrayed with frightening conviction by Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco) spirals out of control, culminating with Beck's callous drowning of the child Rainelle Downing, followed by the pair's arrest. To anyone interested in reading further details of this bizarre case, I strongly recommend Wenzell Brown's book, Introduction to Murder (unavailable on Amazon UK, but available secondhand on Amazon.com) which is a fascinating in-depth study of this little-known murderous couple.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDark and chilling film..
By Mr. B. Fraser on 11 Mar. 2007
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This minor masterpiece is indeed thought provoking; it chronicles the nefarious and sinister activities of the'Lonely Heart Killers' a very real and true story that occured in the United States in the late '40's.

Killer couples have been around a long time, this film shot in stark and grainy black and white,shows how several wealthy women were despatched by this murdering pair.

Surprisingly graphic and disturbing scenes in the film, Shirley Stoller (as) Martha Beck, is particularly good in her portrayal as an overweght and extremely callous nurse. Recommended for the stout hearted.
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