An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revenge. Two Pigeons is a dark comedy with a sinister streak.
Delightfully nasty in the manner of the horror comics of the 1950s and Amicus film anthologies of the 1970s; an odious character receives an ironic comeuppance. It has rather more depth, however ...
We get no sense of finality in the conflict between Hussein and his sadistic antagonist, leaving me with a bit of a "ho-hum" feeling at the conclusion of Two Pigeons.
It's deliciously petty in places and also includes scenes of excruciating ickiness which even Frightfest's hardened horror fans winced at. It's hard to believe this is Bridges' first feature, such is the confidence and poise.
