Rating: 
Summary: Made my Hair Stand Up
Review: I first saw "In Cold Blood" at the tender age of 11. Boy, that was a mistake. This flick isn't for children or wimps. Scarier than any sci fi or horror movie I ever saw because this is a true story folks. Since it left such an imprint on me when I was a kid, I have to say this is the most memorable film I have ever viewed. The black and white photography and old cars gives it the feel that you are back in time in 1959 when the events took place. The Quincy Jones jazz soundtrack fits the mood of this movie like a glove. Robert Blake's performance of a extremely screwed up individual is unparalled. His line, " I despise people who cant control themselves" is a classic in my opinion. The other actor and partner in crime (Scott Wilson) perfectly complements Robert Blake.Many disturbing scenes mixed in with this extremely grim docudrama story, I pray that nobody took a first date to this flick when it first came out in '67. The dramatization of the murders is intense and some of the flashback sequences are equally as harrowing. This definately aint Disney. A true classic that is worth checking out but dont say i never warned you !!
Rating:
Summary: Great
Review: I remember finding the book at a book sale at the localchurch. Since hard cover book were only 30 cents, I picked up anythingthat looked remotely interesting. One of them was In Cold Blood. I read the book within a week and loved it. The two killers seemed so real and believable. I watched this film a few days latter and was amazed at how much the film was identical to how I had imagined it. Robert Blake in particular was great. An all around good film.
Rating:
Summary: First rate
Review: I was doubtful this film could live up to Capote's brilliant book, but this movie succeeds. It is nuanced and taut. And this is truly the only time I've read a book and then seen a film and thought, "Those actors got those characters EXACTLY as I pictured them in the book."
Rating: 
Summary: A Shame
Review: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, was brought to life by the creation of the movie. By the film being made in the exact house that the Clutters lived in and with actors that closely resembled the victims made the moive hair rising and more interesting to watch. The dramtic scenery was amazing because the picture was in black and white along with the music that made the film more suspenseful. This is a very good movie and I recommend it to anyone who thinks they are brave enough to view such a gruesome crime.
Rating:
Summary: Cold Facts!!!!
Review: Interesting facts about this excellet movie: 1. It was delibrately shot in black and white to give it a documentary-style look. 2. Real-life police investigators were used in some scenes to add an air of authenticity. 3. Robert Blake got the starring role because he looked so plain, so non-charismatic.
Rating:
Summary: Murder is a tough prize to pay
Review: It is unbeliavable how two men killed an innocent family of four. All over an evil lie. Murder is a though prize to pay and Perry and Dick really paid it. Even though they sufered in jail they had to still wait in jail for 5 more years until they were hanged. They were the ones that suffered the most out of all the people.
Rating:
Summary: A crude portrait !
Review: Magnificent adaptation of Truman Capote `s landmark work about two ex - cons who committed an awful multiple murderers in Kansas .
The gloomy description of every detail is told with superb masterful . The camera allows us to watch the different emotional levels and evil features of these altered human beings and describes with brutal crudeness the previous , present and next insights that eventually lead them to the gallows.
Beware with the gripping scenes . This film was somehow the inspirational seed of future though minor works such as The Texas Chainsaw massacre and Natural Born Killers .
To me this film is the masterpiece of Richard Brooks and one of the supreme American films not only from that decade but the whole American story cinema .
A painful and merciless movie that reflects the anguish state of an anxious and hopeless generation without no reason to live .
Rating:
Summary: The Big Chill
Review: Nearly 40 years after its 1967 release, "In Cold Blood" remains the definitive American "true-crime" film. Director Richard Brooks ("Looking For Mr. Goodbar") carves out a dark slice of underbelly from America's Heartland and holds it up to the camera in pure, uncompromising style. Inspired by Truman Capote's book, based on the true story of the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family in 1959, this was one of the first crime films to take the viewer deep into the mind of a killer. Robert Blake (his career best) and Scott Wilson (his film debut) are extraordinary as the murderous pair. The recreation of the night of the murders is directed with clinical precision-unblinkingly horrifying, yet without slipping into sensationalism (this is far from a "splatter" film, but ultimately more bone-chilling than anything Wes Craven or David Cronenberg could dream up). The film's influence continues today, most notably in "Boys Don't Cry" and "Fargo", with thier "everyday people" and stark Midwestern backdrops. The movie is also a milestone of sorts for presaging by several years an American filmmaking style usually associated with the 1970's, stories that revelled in naturalistic performances, frank language, and previously taboo subject matter (in this case, the overtly homosexual overtones in the relationship between the two killers). DVD notes: Columbia/Tristar continues thier annoying tradition of carrying a list price $5-$10 higher than most other major studios and not throwing in any extras, but the transfer is decent and the sound is good (highlighting Quincy Jones' outstanding soundtrack).
Rating:
Summary: The Best True Crime Movie Ever !
Review: No other true crime movie depicts the terror of unknown, random criminal violence better than Richard Brooks' 1967 version of Truman Capote's classic novel, In Cold Blood. The B&W portrayal of the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family by ex-convicts Perry Smith and Dick Hickok captures the cold, stark nature of colorless November days on the Great Plains, and uses them as a backdrop for a chilling, brutal crime story. The treatment of the Clutters as a faithful, rural family strikes a haunting cord with people of the plains who are familiar with the spartan life of dusty, windswept prairie communities. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson portray the lead characters perfectly, as does John Forsythe as KBI agent Alvin Dewey, and the clicking, pounding jazz music of Quincy Jones sets a dark mood for this gripping tale. In Cold Blood fits into a category of movie that will not allow you to look away when it is being shown on television, but the horror it represents is often too difficult to watch.
Rating:
Summary: Perhaps the Most Indelible Crime Film Ever Made
Review: Once seen, you will never forget Richard Brooks' haunting adaptation of In Cold Blood. A truer or more shocking story of American crime & punishment has never been told so well, and the film will leave you with more questions than answers. Yet, in terms of the filmmaking, everything works with the absolute precision of superlative craft. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson are unforgettable in the lead roles, each essaying a different kind of loser with brutish physicality and natural dialogue. The inventive jazz score by Quincy Jones is one of the strangest, and perhaps most appropriate, soundtracks ever created for an American studio film. And, most of all, the dazzling B&W cinematography of Conrad Hall is about the best I've ever seen. Images stick with you for days after the final credits roll-- a police cruiser screaming through the desolate Kansas prairie on a bright, cold morning; a cigarette lit in absolute darkness, suddenly revealing the twisted outline of a sweaty hand; a bloody shoeprint illuminated in the momentary glare of a flashing camera bulb; and, most famously, reflected rain 'tears' rolling down the killer's face as he awaits execution. The real miracle is that Brooks was able to preserve the narrative sweep of Truman Capote's 'nonfiction novel' without sacrificing detail. The documentary style and use of actual locations (it is rumored that Brooks even went so far as to use real vials of the victims' blood in a courtroom scene) make this a somewhat creepy viewing experience. But the offhand manner with which American filmmakers deal with crime nowadays neglects the heart of the issue-- murder and death are the ugliest experiences imaginable-- and Brooks glamorizes nothing here (other than the utter innocence of the slain family.) An socially iconoclastic coda to the film, depicting the wait on death row and eventual execution of the murderers, may disturb some viewers even more. To summarize, In Cold Blood is not much fun, but it is one of the most influential and disturbing film experiences of all time.
| 
