A teacher by the name of Andrej Evilenko (played by Malcolm McDowell) is fired after he tried to rape one of his young students. This first scene is truly unsettling and shocking. From there is gets worse when this communist man decides he likes to kill. Mr. McDowell does an excellent, creepy job as a real life serial killer. Now, that being said, I'm not all sure how much of the story is actually real. Its pretty believable though. All this being said, everyone who took part in the movie was great, and the acting was well done. The movie as a whole is good, but also a little too much (well, maybe not to some viewers). The movie is quit graphic and intense, but not to gratuitous so that is good. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the story, or anyone in the cast. Other than that though, I'd say its up to whoever if they really wanna see it. I rate this 7/10 (mainly for the superb acting). (my rating) Rated R for disturbing and aberrant violent and sexual content, nudity and some language

Evilenko is one of those rare moments in the history of cinema, where a (nearly) perfect mix of elegance and perversion succeeds in producing an alarming portrait of the world in which we live. Acting, screenplay, direction, music and scenes, all contribute to create a realistic, dark atmosphere of decadence and inner horror. The story tells this is somewhere in Russia during the Gorbacev era. But we can locate it everywhere - everywhere there is a school, and there is a hierarchy ready to cover even the worse crimes. Malcom McDowell creates one of the most credible, disgusting and disturbing monsters ever seen on screen. Not fascinating as Hannibal Lecter, his clear character alteration is not enough to be aware of his pernicious attitude. This is the first movie of Grieco: not bad as a debut! The movie has not been really distributed in Italy, and I see the average score in IMDb is very low. I understand this is not the usual investigation movie, so it's hard to be accepted. However, I found it to be an important movie, if not really a milestone.

Well let's face it. This is in fact a great film. Malcolm Mcdowell is truly amazing. It is a sad film and not the slasher flick that I was expecting. MM is a fantastic actor. Every moment you see him in this film is quality stuff.The story is quite unsettling and that might be a good thing? Many movies these days have nothing special about them at all! This film has some great acting, great cinematography and many uneasy moments. Not too bad at all.Watch it - it's not a waste of time. Some movies are. I am looking forward to searching out other MM films (yes I know he did Clockwork Orange). Keep up the good work Malcolm.

Being somewhat of a serial killer history buff, I was surprised and excited to see "Evilenko" on the shelf at Hollywood Video. Based on real-life Russian killer Andrei Chikatilo, (I assume they changed the name to incorporate the word "evil", but I don't know for sure) this movie falls short of true drama AND any type of documentary. McDowell's accent is appalling (and ever-changing), and the scenes with the children are just plain disturbing. And not in that "Silence of the Lambs" disturbing way. In a "dear god I'm watching something bordering on pornography" way. I know I'm sort of exaggerating here, but it felt really wrong, and forced. No good!!!!