Who could forget Robert Blake as the aspirin-chewing killer of "In Cold Blood" (1967)?
Here he plays obsessive New Jersey accountant John List, who thinks it better to kill his family than face financial ruin. It's perfect casting for a man who has never quite outgrown an overly close relationship with his mother.
It's fascinating to observe how List becomes alienated from his deeply unhappy wife. Luckily, we are spared the murders of his three kids. His daughter was in the hands of the Devil -- "She wanted to be an actress" -- and his sons were innocent, so he "sent them to heaven."
Such a sad reminder to get out of one's head, and get help.
Here he plays obsessive New Jersey accountant John List, who thinks it better to kill his family than face financial ruin. It's perfect casting for a man who has never quite outgrown an overly close relationship with his mother.
It's fascinating to observe how List becomes alienated from his deeply unhappy wife. Luckily, we are spared the murders of his three kids. His daughter was in the hands of the Devil -- "She wanted to be an actress" -- and his sons were innocent, so he "sent them to heaven."
Such a sad reminder to get out of one's head, and get help.