Rawhead Rex
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Movie Reviews of Rawhead Rex
Movie Review: Demonic plague
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of the most cheaply made films ever, but from reading Books of Blood, it is pure genius. Clive Barker is the master of horror. Don't Blame the man he wasn't the producer, he was the author. So if you are not Impressed with the film. Read the Books of Blood Volume two. Clive barker is a GENUIS!!!!Movie Review: Creepy Movie!
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this movie on network television with my mom. It's the king of all B horror movies, but it's the one that freaks me out the most to date.Movie Review: An interesting but flawed film.
Summary: 3 Stars
The film starts out with a wonderful premise; a creature sealed beneath a standing stone thousands of years ago by pagan magic is accidentally revived and returns to it's traditionally celtic habit of collecting head hunting in a small Irish town. It's an irresistable story for anyone with an interest in Pre-christian mythology and magic. A creature like Rawhead would undoubtedly be responsible for legends of Trolls and Ogres, and perhaps even the creatures from the Beowulf legend.
Unfortunately the film promises much more than it's able to deliver. The Rawhead costume is alright, but the face has an unfortunately plastic look to it. The acting is acceptible for the most part, with the local inhabitants of the town are sympathetic. Though the films hero, a vacationing American writer is somewhat less than likeable. It is able to generate some suspese though, and a couple of shots are effectively chilling, but overall I was never really terrified by the film or the creature. Though he's still pretty damn nasty, and I'd still hate to meet something like it in real life!
I can't help feeling the film might have been truly effective in the hands of a more capable director. The rural Irish locations are lovely, and quite evocative, but are rarely used to effect in the film. (See The Wicker Man for a movie that gets it right). The film also seems somewhat rushed, with little time for anything more than basic character development and story background. Poor visual effects take the edge off an otherwise interesting final confrontation, as does the annoyingly 'Hollywood' epilogue.
Still, in spite of it's obvious flaws, the primordial power of the story shines through, making it at least worth the price of admission.
Movie Review: "Rawhead, that's what they called him...RAWHEAD!
Summary: 3 Stars
Clive Barker may have written the screenplay for this movie based on his own short story, but Director George Pavlou would not allow him on set during filming or to oversee the creature's design. That notwithstanding, this is still a fairly entertaining horror film.I caught it on tape way back in 1987 after I'd read the story in "Books of Blood vol. 3". I now own the DVD and, although there are no extras or theatrical trailers to boast of, it does retain a reasonable picture and sound quality. Personally, I like Rawhead's look for this film and have learned to dismiss the nitpicky opinions of others who whine about how artificial he seems to the naked eye with a grain of salt. Pavlou did not obviously have a "Titanic" size budget at his disposal and, you have to remember, we were not at the time this was made able to enjoy the same sophistication of CGI as we do today. This is the kind of movie to watch for the sheer fun of it. The characters, especially that of Verger Declan O'Brien and his maniacal mood swings in the church, keep the film alive and enjoyable.
It won't win any awards for "Best Picture", to be sure, and the written short story is actually better. But, give it a chance.
Movie Review: So bad, it's good.
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this on video back in the olden days and thought it was pretty cool. Having seen it recently, I have to confess it is quite awful. It is still very watchable in a "so bad, it's good" kind of way. There is a fair bit of ropey gore and even urination on a priest(you don't see that every day). Rawhead himself is laughable. He looks like an orc auditioning for Judas Priest. The awkward close-ups of his rubbery hands breaking crockery while he's supposed to be chasing a woman through her home, kind of kill the tension.
Clive Barker's short story is ideal material for an awesomely brutal monster movie. This needs to be remade by a director who really cares about the source material. By the way, Rawhead isn't a demon trapped in the depths of hell, he's an ancient monster buried alive under a big rock. End of rant.