Here are a few films that make us see that, regardless of any high-falutin' feelings one has about the poetry and art behind the craft of acting, it is just a job. And sometimes the jobs an actor must take are not very pretty. Some acting jobs are the cinematic equivalent of hosing out the inside of a slaughter house in 103 degree heat.
Let's Watch!
Frankie Avalon seems to be having far too much fun killing people in the 1982 slasher film, Blood Song.
Despite the oddness of seeing Avalon playing a psychopath (in one scene he strangles a woman with her necklace and he really seems to be disturbingly into it), the film is a fairly tepid affair.
More performances to look for are:
Gary Burghoff (Radar from MASH) plays a serial killer in the 1992 film, Small Kill
Tab Hunter plays a sexually disturbed killer in the 1973 uber-sleazy, Sweet Kill (AKA The Arousers).
Troy Donohue as a Charles Manson-like cult leader in the 1971, Sweet Savior (AKA The Love Thrill Murders.
I could also mention William Shatner's performance in Impulse (1974), but Mr. Shatner has proved himself to be a far from "normal" actor over the years.
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