Persecution (1974) Movie Review

Persecution (1974) (IMDB)

Persecution (2003) movie poster

I actively watch movies that are considered bombs at the box office. The majority of them bombed for a reason, a bad script or bad acting. So when I sat down to watch this movie about a overbearing mother tormenting her son I knew to have low expectations. You don’t have to wait long for a hedge maze scene, as just over 7 minutes into the movie our characters enter the hedge for the first time. The hedge maze continues to be an important character in the movie (you can see the second hedge maze scene in the video below). We also have a prominent role for Sheba, the white cat in the poster above. As the story unfolds we see our mother character, and her cat be more and more sinister. Unfortunately, the story is a bit bland and the storyline to me just is unbelievable.

I give it a 5/10. I had trouble finding a true trailer for the film, but did find this extended scene from the hedge maze !