The Honeymoon Killers

The Honeymoon Killers (1969)

  • 94% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (2,248 ratings)

Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is a lonely nurse who takes care of her invalid mother in Mobile, Alabama. Starved for affection, she places an ad in a lonely hearts column and soon receives a letter from Ray Fernandez (Tony LoBianco). He meets her and runs off with her dowry to New York City. Martha… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Leonard Kastle
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1970 Wide
Live Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Made with care, authenticity and attention to detail.

  • Roger Greenspun, New York Times

    It is one of the best and, curiously, most beautiful American movies in recent years.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Leonard Kastle brings a spare dignity and genuine depth of characterization to his exploitation subject.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Kastle is a born filmmaker with an uncanny feeling for the startling close-up and the excruciating long-take

  • Kim Newman, Empire Magazine

    Shot in a grainy grey and white helps to give the film an amateurish and at the same time realistic feel, particularly as it's based on true events. With standout performances from Lo Bianco and Stoler, this is a forgotten gem.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    There are some very funny moments, but it's long for its subject matter, and not as shocking as I had hoped it would be. If this were a horror film it would have done a lot better.

  • Coxxie M


    I live in a country where people will inform you that Pulp Fiction is action, American Psycho is horror, Eternal Sunshine is comedy, Donnie Darko is witty, and the Honeymoon Killers is drama. well, what was i supposed to expect? its pretty hilarious.

  • Tim S


    Not particularly good.

  • Wahida K


    One of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of American Crime.

  • Adam M


    wanted to see if I could figure out the handful of scenes Scorsese did; it's not subversive, like some people think, except that it's a horror movie that dislikes its audience as low culture, but ends up trying to please them intellectually; it's a conservative's… More

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