History YMMV / TeenAgeStrangler

* AngstWhatAngst: No one in the film other than the cops seems all that concerned about a psychopath going around murdering people. Barely a day after a violent murder, the friends of the victim all go out to a party. Mr. Royce seems more mad that his daughter was dating a member of a gang than that she was witness to a murder -- meanwhile Mrs. Royce is '''delighted''' to be interrogated by the officer of her daughter's friend's '''murder''', even getting downright ''flirty'' with him. All of the parents and teenagers seem more focused on trivial things like their social lives and stolen bikes over murders and gangs.

* HarsherInHindsight: The villain's FreudianExcuse is that a girl accused him of sexual harassment, leading [[spoiler: to him being demoted from teacher to janitor]]. In the era of [=#MeToo=], with this sort of thing happening more frequently, it's lucky other men haven't turned murderous as a result.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mikey.

* AngstWhatAngst: No one in the film other than the cops seems all that concerned about a psychopath going around murdering people. Barely a day after a violent murder, the friends of the victim all go out to a party. Mr. Royce seems more mad that his daughter was dating a member of a gang than that she was witness to a murder. All of the parents and teenagers seem more focused on trivial things like their social lives and stolen bikes over murders and gangs.

* SpecialEffectFailure: A boom microphone shadow crosses over Mikey at one point.

* AngstWhatAngst: No one in the film other than the cops seem all that concerned about a psychopath going around murdering people. Barely a day after a violent murder, the friends of the victim all go out to a party. Mr. Royce seems more mad that his daughter was dating a member of a gang than that she was witness to a murder. All of the parents and teenagers seem more focused on trivial things like their social lives and stolen bikes over murders and gangs.

* TheyJustDidntCare:
** The framing of shots is just terrible. There's usually a foot or two of headspace, as if the camera were manned by a 4'6" person. (It ''is'' possible that the headspace was for theatrical widescreen, but it doesn't explain the ''lack'' of space on the lower part of the frame.)
** The lighting crew on this film had apparently never heard of the word "consistency"....
** At one point, a shadow from ''the boom mike'' crosses over Mikey. Now that's just ''embarassing''.

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Gay]]: Mikey, bordering on TransparentCloset. Though considering this was 1964, this was likely unintentional.

* AngstWhatAngst: No one in the film other than the cops seem all to concerned about a psychopath going around murdering people. Barely a day after a violent murder, the friends of the victim all go out to a party. Mr. Royce seems more mad that his daughter was dating a member of a gang than that she was witness to a murder. All of the parents and teenagers seem more focused on trivial things like their social lives and stolen bikes over murders and gangs.

** The framing of shots are just terrible. There's usually a foot or two of headspace, as if the camera were manned by a 4'6" person. (It ''is'' possible that the headspace was for theatrical widescreen, but it doesn't explain the ''lack'' of space on the lower part of the frame.)

* {{Wangst}}: A healthy dollop from whiny Mikey.
** Betty is equally sobby.

** The framing of shots are just terrible. There's usually a foot or two of headspace, as if the camera were manned by a 4'6" person.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The lighting crew on this film had apparently never heard of the word "consistency"....

* {{Wangst}}: A healthy dollop from whiny Mikey.