Thriller – A Cruel Picture

Thriller – A Cruel Picture
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bo Arne Vibenius (as Alex Fridolinski)
Produced by	Bo Arne Vibenius
Written by	Bo Arne Vibenius
Starring	Christina Lindberg Heinz Hopf
Music by	Ralph Lundsten
Cinematography	Andrew Bellis
Edited by	Brian Wikström
Distributed by	BAV Film (Sweden) American International Pictures (US dub)
Release date	May 1973 (Cannes) June 5, 1974 (US) October 30, 1974 (Sweden)
Running time	107 minutes 82 minutes (US cut) 104 minutes (Vengeance Edition)
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Thriller – A Cruel Picture (Swedish: Thriller – en grym film, also known as They Call Her One Eye, Hooker's Revenge and Thriller) is a 1973 Swedish exploitation film in the "rape and revenge" genre written and directed by Bo Arne Vibenius under the name Alex Fridolinski. It tells the story of a mute young woman who is forced into heroin addiction and prostitution, and her revenge on the men responsible.

A quiet girl, Madeleine (Christina Lindberg), is sexually assaulted as a child, and the trauma makes her mute. One day when she is older she accepts a ride from a man, Tony (Heinz Hopf), who makes her a heroin addict, and then becomes her pimp. To hide the fact that she was kidnapped, the pimp writes hateful letters to her parents who become so distraught they commit suicide. At one point, she is stabbed in the eye for refusing a client. Madeleine then begins saving money to purchase a car to escape and take lessons in driving, shooting, and martial arts in order to take revenge.

Director Bo Arne Vibenius sought to make "the most commercial film ever made", as he had lost money on an earlier film, and needed to recuperate his loss. Rumors allege that the filmmakers used an actual corpse during the film's eye gouging scene, which has since become controversial because of these rumors.Hardcore pornographic sequences were edited into the film to profit off of the trend of pornography in Denmark and Sweden, which was being liberalized at the time.