The Killer with a Mallet is a movie about fear, where the “killer” embodies fear. It displays how people react to and face fear. Every little detail is important in this film as well, for example, things you may think are mistakes, such as that you can see the dead characters alive in the shot, that symbolizes even if you think that fear has overcame you, you will still progress in your life. Every single “mistake” means something to the story/deeper meaning.