Alyce (3½ Stars)

"Alyce" is the original name of this film. It has been rereleased in America as "Alyce Kills", in case people can't figure out from the picture on the box what it's about.

A young girl called Alyce goes out with her best friend Carroll. They go out to a bar and get drunk, but that's not enough fun. Carroll attempts to buy drugs, but changes her mind at the last moment because the dealer is creepy. They go up onto the roof of Alyce's apartment building to drink a bottle of wine. They clown around, and Alyce pushes Carroll off the building. It was only an accident, but Alyce is afraid of being charged with murder, so she tells the police that she wasn't with Carroll when she fell. The problem is that Carroll is still alive, though badly injured, and might contradict Alyce's story if she recovers. So Alyce does the only thing she can: she visits Carroll in hospital and suffocates her with a pillow.

I've heard it said that the first time you kill someone it's the hardest, and after that it keeps getting easier. This is the case with Alyce. To escape her guilt she flees into insanity, killing one person after another.

This is an unsettling film. Maybe it's too realistic. It isn't a supernatural slasher as in "Halloween", it's a normal everyday girl who goes on a killing spree. It's worth watching again. Let's see how I judge it next time.