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Cinephiles who object to serial-killer movies for their subject matter risk hypocrisy, unless they’re prepared to apply the same standard to “Psycho,” “The Silence of the Lambs” or “Seven” — some of the darkest and most enduring visions in cinema.
So perhaps it’s best to set aside such reservations about the Australian film “Hounds of Love” — which is hardly a brainless addition to the genre. It’s a tense, sharply assembled debut feature from Ben Young. Its main problem, though, is that it never answers a basic question: Why are we watching this? That the news media in Western Australia has noted similarities to a real case — the 1986 murder spree of David and Catherine Birnie — only heightens the sense of exploitation. (There’s no connection to the Kate Bush song.)
The setting for “Hounds of Love” is Perth in 1987. Vicki (Ashleigh Cummings), a teenager distraught over her parents’ separation, is approached by Evelyn (Emma Booth) and John (Stephen Curry), who lure her to their home with the promise of pot. In a set piece that suggests the filmmakers took a morbid glee in staging this material, the couple chain a drugged Vicki to a bed, and she watches them writhe to “Nights in White Satin.”
At its best, “Hounds of Love” probes the relationship between Evelyn and Vicki, who is forced to write a note home saying she’s run away.
Mr. Young has called the film a thesis on the psychology of destructive relationships (John exerts an abusive, Svengali-like influence over Evelyn). That’s a valid perspective, but the movie shortchanges it with creaky plot mechanics, including a bit of contrived foreshadowing that only a screenwriter could love.