Amusingly, after the success of Death Wish, Garfield rushed a sequel to his original book to print called Death Sentence.
And when Death Wish was released, he was an instant American movie hero.
The book Death Wish by Brian Garfield was not a best seller but Winner liked it enough to commission a screenplay, one that no Hollywood producer wanted to touch.
Hancock’s blistering, urgent score for Death Wish is what pushes it deep into the realm of horror movie.