In the early 1970's, it seems the ratings board may have been a little lazy in giving out ratings. This film is fairly harsh for its PG rating. Sure, it's no CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, but starting out with a (then groundbreaking) Point Of View hammer murder, only to slide into some nasty child murders, not to mention sleazy abuse, this is definitely something that should have received an R rating. Remember, this was seven years before HALLOWEEN (which made the POV murder a requirement in subsequent mad-killers-on-the-loose movies)and thirteen years before a horribly scarred killer threatened children in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. I'm not saying this movie was an influence to either of these classics, but it definitely has an ahead-of-its-time vibe. Much lambasting of the score for this feature on the internet, but I found it mostly effective. Enjoy! Thisd one is another little seen b-movie gem.