The Dark Side (1987)

Documentaries in which holocaust survivors return to the place they grew up in and meet locals who are still there became common enough in the 1990s. With almost all survivors now gone, this film will prove one of the last.

***SPOILERS*** Compared to the movie "Blue Velvet" but more like "Taxi Driver" the psychological thriller "The Darkside" has to do with this Toronto taxi driver Tony Russo, Tony Galati, who got involved with things other then picking up fares. It was Tony who becomes obsessed with this woman Laura, Cynthia Peterson, who he saved from being murdered by this creepy looking guy named Sully, John Tench, who was chasing her through the dark streets of Toronto wearing a white dinner jacket.

This is a provocative story about a man who accidentally butt-dials his ex-girlfriend a few days after Hurricane Sandy and takes it as a sign that he should be back in touch with her (the ex-girlfriend's name is also Sandy). The film crosses genres in a disturbing way.