the_wolf_imdb I have bought the DVD, because I remembered very powerful movie about Chekotylo. The problem is that the movie I have remembered was "Citizen X", not "Evilenko". Evilenko is stupid, absolutely surreal movie, classic Italian cheap crap. McDovell tries to save the movie, but script is too chaotic and unrealistic. The story is not true even if tries to pretend to. The strangest part is the fact the move is boring too, which is really strange for mass-murder thriller. Only first 20 minutes or so are interesting, but unfortunately the boredom lasts another 100 minutes! It was so dull I was not been able to watch it to the end. Well, 2 Euros wasted (at least it was cheap). Spare your time and money - watch "Citizen X" instead.

enlewellyn-1 I vote often but rarely feel the need to go beyond that point. With that said I will keep it simple. The acting is believable, the soundtrack, compelling, haunting and delicious. The story, although altered and a piece of fiction based on fact, interesting. Performances all around are believable, Malcolm hits a definite peak with his portrayal, a career milestone. Don't expect disturbing scenes of horror, expect disturbing scenes of subtle perversion. We don't enter the mind of the serial killer, he has to let us out first. Inside the mind of Evilenko, you will see the blue sky. (comrade) Perhaps today is not the day, but I see this becoming a cult classic in the years to come. Recommended.Also recommended is the Italy only soundtrack with vocal samples from the movie.

TM-2 I seldom vote a movie so low ....this got a 2 from me. I was sooo disappointed! The real story is soooooo much more interesting.Why on earth the writer / director felt the need to take a real life story and then wrap it up in fictionalized nonsense is beyond me.Imagine a story like in the movie Downfall about the last days in Hitler's bunker. As brilliant a movie as could be made. Imagine that instead of Hitler, it chronicled the downfall of a Mr. Hilter, a bad fictional character. Further imagine that what actually happened was modified to make a different story. Who cares about a mythical Mr Hilter an his stupid story when you have the horror of the story of Hitler and what his last days were. This is as bad an idea as what I can possibly imagine! This movie is not about the mass murderer Andrei Chikatilo. This is about a Mr.Evilenko (Mr. Hilter) If you want to see a much better movie about Chikatilo see Citizen X.Sorry but this is pure trash (and I liked The Adventurers and Caligula)!

thullman A few years ago, I saw "Citizen X". I vaguely remembered this great film and the horrifying story it was about when my attention was drawn to "Evilenko, the real citizen X" in the videostore. It turned out to be a big disappointment. The description on the DVD-cover is more exciting than the film itself. The story jumps randomly forward in time, leaving a lot of questions unanswered, never really grabbing one's attention. The murderer gets a lot of screen time in the first 20 minutes, so you feel like seeing events from his perspective. Clearly, he's a freak, but more in a pathetic than a horrifying manner. His ability to "hypnotise" his victims comes out of the blue near the end of the film and made no sense to me. A lot of could-be-interesting supporting characters don't get enough time to evolve beyond flat-characters.Watch Citizen X instead of Evilenko.