Rawhead Rex
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Movie Reviews of Rawhead Rex
Movie Review: Sucks so Good
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is awful. The acting sucks, the plot blows, and the rubber bad guy swallows. Yet, I love it. It's managed to gain a sort of cult following around here. It even inspires one of my friends to yell out RAWWWWWWHEAD! whenever we pass a church. I had no idea that this golden turd was released on DVD, and I will probably have to order it tonight.Movie Review: IRISH HORROR
Summary: 5 Stars
Raw Head Rex is a crazy looking irish beast hell bent on gruesome muder! This is actualy not a bad horror movie, Raw Head is released from the depths of hell to wreak havok on all of the church goers in a little christian village, 'nuff said!Movie Review: He can smell your fear...
Summary: 4 Stars
Brutal. Gruesome. Chilling. Bloody. Inspiring! Just the way I like it! Everyone should watch this video in the dead of night - especially cross-huggers. This is a horror film with a message. One that they don't want to hear, because it is the truth, & they choose self-denial. After all, for xians, self-deception is bliss.
Rawhead Rex, a Primally Pagan, pre-xian creature, worshipped, according to the movie, by ancient peoples as a Dark God, the Lord of Death & Savagery. But he is not without his persuasive charms of fascination. Like Dracula, he possesses powers of mental manipulation, to coerce, & set his victims in awe. An ideal balance betwixed mental & physical might. A Satanimal. Besides the hypnosis, Rawhead is a barbarous beast. A monsterous demon of havoc & chaos. The personafication of Abaddon. He goes about the Irish countryside ripping & tearing his preys asunder, & feasting on their still warm bodies.
The movie is repleat with religious symbolism & folklore. Even upon the stained-glass windows of the church, there lays the Pagan history of the Terrible One. He that was here before the accursed missionaries came. Even the church was built atop a Pagan Templewhich was defaced by monks, but they could never keep this evil down for long. Rawhead bursts from the primal shrine, an obilisk, symbol of fertility & might, onto the earth from below, to horrify the disbelievers, & put them in their low places. "My death fortells My return!"... That they may hear their own heartbeats, pounding fast, so long as their blood doth flow. That they cherish their breaths, for any one could be their last. They are set to run like deer before hungry roaring lions.
The typical irresponsibility of mortals without foresight, who constantly ignore the warnings of the wise, until the great calamity is upon them, at which they stare blankly, with stupified bambi-eyes, into the face of their slayer. Thus, they learn in the harshest of ways.
Rawhead Rex has all the elements that makes a horror show stimulating & entertaining. Fun for the whole family. So fill the air with the sounds of terror & torment... & maybe, if you are fortunate enough, or unfortunate, depending upon the person, or sub-vital, you may attract some of those so-called "evil spirits" that the sanctimonious scumbags hack about.
Don't believe the BS-DP at the end. They put those kinds of ideologically unrealistic endings to prevent people from defecating all over themselves, & again, to preserve them in their little "happy-sunshiney" world. Just another pre-determined, pre-programmed, pacifying outcome. The "meek & the weak will inherit the earth" type of nonsensical bile. This marauding mortifier will give the weak of heart a good cardiovascular workout. Beware, lest Rawhead smell the fear...
Movie Review: Another Fresh And Fun Monster Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm sure in the bottomless realm of B-movies that barely hit production -- much less find their way to DVD -- there are plenty of monster flicks. Yet few truly great (and actually original) monster films seem to be easy to find. Well, congratulations! You've found one! Two years before the amazing film "Pumpkinhead" (also available on Amazon), there was another ancient killing machine of a demon-legend, known as "Rawhead Rex"...
(First of all, just to get it out of the way, there are absolutely no special features on this DVD. And as a matter of fact, the menu itself is the scene access page -- nothing more. Basically, this is a VHS that you don't have to rewind after viewing it.)
The story is a bit predictable: An ancient demon-creature is set loose upon the earth (in a small, country setting) and seeks to slaughter a bunch of locals. One man's son becomes one of the victims, so he takes on the duty of man-to-monster heroism. Throw in some backing story about what exactly the creature is and why it's here and you've got this baby in a nutshell. Rawhead Rex is one of those simple movies where there's not too much to find as far as plot-based details go, so I'll leave any of the big info on the creature for your own discovery. Regardless of the lack of cleverness, you can be assured there is plenty of the creature and it's slaughtering to keep you entertained! Of course, by the end of the film, it's becomes a show-down between the father and the demon. The father has finally discovered what the demon is afraid of, but can he destroy it in time before more humans, including himself, are ripped apart by Rawhead?
The costume of Rawhead Rex is definitely not something to brag about. It looks like a large, ragged barbarian/road warrior with a creature's head. Not to mention, it's mullet-style hair. Take away some of the scarier features from it's face and it could've been in Michael Jackson's Thriller music video. Still, the concept of the creature and it's savagery is what must be focused on, not the cheap rubber suit. This is an Irish film from 1986, so don't be surprised if there is more cheesiness than true horror.
Which brings me to my conclusion of why you should at least rent Rawhead Rex: it's a classic monster flick that is more fun than it is scary. I think if you're the type that enjoys the cornier side of horror movies, then this is perfect for you. So don't waste any time -- witness another tasty, twisted, and fairly original monster flick with Rawhead Rex!
Movie Review: Red meat for monster movie fans
Summary: 4 Stars
Ah, a monster movie with cheek! I find so much to admire here. How can you not enjoy it? An American movie team with pretensions of making a classy monster movie would have waited until three-quarters of the way through to show us the monster. Here, Rex pops up in the first minute and starts his carnage. Yeah! Only the British could have made this movie. I was astounded when I found out it was made in 1986. It's got the feel of the Hammer films of the 1970's. Stylish, yet aggressive. The claustrophobic atmosphere of a small, isolated Irish village is captured well. Rex may appear to be on a random killing spree, but slowly his motivations and the overall supernatural situation are revealed to us, like a puzzle coming together. Primal forces of nature and supernature are involved here. The latecomer Christianity is powerless to oppose them. I think those of us who haven't read the original story are better off. From the complaints of those who have read the story, it seems they refer to narrative subtleties that just can't be captured on film. Better to acknowledge the limitations of the medium and proceed accordingly. Many complain about the monster suit. But if you can't appreciate a good cheezy monster suit, then why even watch in the first place? Personally, I thought it was an excellent suit. Very menacing. If you don't come to this loaded down with the baggage of preconceptions and expectations from the short story, then you're in for a grand time. This is a rip-snorting good monster movie, backed up with an intriguing plot. Enjoy!