crimewave (1985)

Vic Ajax (Reed Birney) is a nerdish character on his way to the electric chair recounts the events that led him there. It involves a pair of hitmen (Brion James & Paul L Smith) who kill the owner of a security company that Vic works for. Meanwhile Ajax is trying to impress Nancy (Sheree J Wilson) a woman who lives in the building he is a security guard for, but she only has eyes for Ronaldo (Bruce Campbell), an absolute heel. Soon their lives will intertwine when the hitmen notice someone in Vic's building has spotted their actions. A cartoonish and slapstick comedy horror co-written with the Coen Brothers. This merges the comedy of the Coens with the slapstick and horror of Raimi. The over the top gurning and slapstick does wear thin after a while, but this is still an enjoyable film, if watched in the right way.