Crimson Screens visits Ireland and meets "Rawhead Rex"... Plus, more estrogen!!!
Crimson Screens visits Ireland and meets "Rawhead Rex"... Plus, more estrogen gallore!!!
Hey all! Melissa here again. Mr. Edward is still recovering in the hospital and he says he will be back tomorrow or the next day so I am free to do another update. Until then, send him get well wishes at: crimsonscreens@yahoo.com Today I will review Rawhead Rex, a favorite horror movie of mine. Also, I will havbe some comments after that so read on!
A long time ago, when I was a little girl, I came home from school on day, Halloween actually, and MTV was showing some day long horror movie expose. This was before the days of the Real World and Pimp My Ride and countless other non music tv shows. This horror movie thing covered all year of horror up to the present day. Does anyone remember this? If someone has it on tape, I would love to get a copy of it. Anyways, one of the movies they talked about was Rawhead Rex. It is about this small town in Ireland who meets some hard time when a farmer accidentally releases Rawhead Rex, and ancient evil creature, from his underground grave. Rawhead Rex proceeds to terrorize the town until a man decides that he has to stop it.
The clips they showed froom this movie were great, showing Rawhead Rex terrorizing a motor home community and other carnage. I immediately had to see this movie and so I got it on video and I have been a fan ever since.
I guess when this was released, it was considered to be complete crap. But this is one of those movies that has aged very well and it really good compared to the garbage horror that is released these days. The Rawhead Rex creature design is so cool. He looks like a seven foot tall cross between a hairless bigfoot, a black metal guy and an alien. He fucks up anyone who gets in his way too. There are many bloody deaths and the special effects work is of the pure 80's gorefest style. There isn't a lot of actual killing, but the aftermath stuff is top notch gore. The only bad thing is that Rawhead Rex's eyes are silly, like glowing swirly hypnotist shit that I thought cheapened the effect of his character. There are some decapitated head, ripped off hands and other similar stuff. Even a few breast shots, if that is your thing. Everything that made horror in the 80's so great is all here.
The acting is pretty average and hokey, but it fits in with the movie pretty well. There are no specific standout performances, but what the actors do is fit in well with what they have to work with.
There is an attempt to deepen the plot with a lot of religious content, but it mostly fails. Hell, this movie is here so we can see a a cool monster kill people for an hour and a half and then be killed in a wild ending, which is filled with light show esque effects.
This movie will definately never be considered a classic but it is great fun, so it is a classic to me. Sure, it is hokey and sometimes dumb, but then again, it is ten times better than any of the last fifty straight to video horror movies I have seen in the last few years. This is adapted from a Clive Barker short story, but apparently he disowned it after it was released. Whatever. If you enjoy cool little monster movies from the 80's, then you will love this.
I work in an office. All of the people I work with are mainly older than me, and no one is into the same stuff as me, movie and music wise, at least. I have a tattoo of Vampira on my arm. Company policy is "no visible tattoos", so to comply with that understandable rule, I wear long sleeve shirts all the time. Well, one time we had a company picnic and it was a come as you are type deal, where you can dress down or whatver, so I did not wear a long sleeve shirt. Some guy says, "Hey nice Elvira tattoo!" I said, "It's not Elvira, it's Vampira!" Anytime I have seen this guy since then, he says, "Hey Elvira girl!" No matter how many times I tell him that is Vampira, he still thinks it is Elvira. It was funny at first. He now calls me Elvira. He often asks me out to the bar after work. One time I said, "Joe, you are married, what do you want to go to the bar with me for?" So he says, "Well, we could get drinks and see what happens from there". What?!?!?!?!?! Joe, I think I should tell your wife what you are up to. I know her. We get our hair done at the same place. But I won't tell. It will be our little secret. So yeah, it's Vampira and not Elvira!!! Get it right or pay the price.
Hey all! Melissa here again. Mr. Edward is still recovering in the hospital and he says he will be back tomorrow or the next day so I am free to do another update. Until then, send him get well wishes at: crimsonscreens@yahoo.com Today I will review Rawhead Rex, a favorite horror movie of mine. Also, I will havbe some comments after that so read on!
A long time ago, when I was a little girl, I came home from school on day, Halloween actually, and MTV was showing some day long horror movie expose. This was before the days of the Real World and Pimp My Ride and countless other non music tv shows. This horror movie thing covered all year of horror up to the present day. Does anyone remember this? If someone has it on tape, I would love to get a copy of it. Anyways, one of the movies they talked about was Rawhead Rex. It is about this small town in Ireland who meets some hard time when a farmer accidentally releases Rawhead Rex, and ancient evil creature, from his underground grave. Rawhead Rex proceeds to terrorize the town until a man decides that he has to stop it.
The clips they showed froom this movie were great, showing Rawhead Rex terrorizing a motor home community and other carnage. I immediately had to see this movie and so I got it on video and I have been a fan ever since.
I guess when this was released, it was considered to be complete crap. But this is one of those movies that has aged very well and it really good compared to the garbage horror that is released these days. The Rawhead Rex creature design is so cool. He looks like a seven foot tall cross between a hairless bigfoot, a black metal guy and an alien. He fucks up anyone who gets in his way too. There are many bloody deaths and the special effects work is of the pure 80's gorefest style. There isn't a lot of actual killing, but the aftermath stuff is top notch gore. The only bad thing is that Rawhead Rex's eyes are silly, like glowing swirly hypnotist shit that I thought cheapened the effect of his character. There are some decapitated head, ripped off hands and other similar stuff. Even a few breast shots, if that is your thing. Everything that made horror in the 80's so great is all here.
The acting is pretty average and hokey, but it fits in with the movie pretty well. There are no specific standout performances, but what the actors do is fit in well with what they have to work with.
There is an attempt to deepen the plot with a lot of religious content, but it mostly fails. Hell, this movie is here so we can see a a cool monster kill people for an hour and a half and then be killed in a wild ending, which is filled with light show esque effects.
This movie will definately never be considered a classic but it is great fun, so it is a classic to me. Sure, it is hokey and sometimes dumb, but then again, it is ten times better than any of the last fifty straight to video horror movies I have seen in the last few years. This is adapted from a Clive Barker short story, but apparently he disowned it after it was released. Whatever. If you enjoy cool little monster movies from the 80's, then you will love this.
I work in an office. All of the people I work with are mainly older than me, and no one is into the same stuff as me, movie and music wise, at least. I have a tattoo of Vampira on my arm. Company policy is "no visible tattoos", so to comply with that understandable rule, I wear long sleeve shirts all the time. Well, one time we had a company picnic and it was a come as you are type deal, where you can dress down or whatver, so I did not wear a long sleeve shirt. Some guy says, "Hey nice Elvira tattoo!" I said, "It's not Elvira, it's Vampira!" Anytime I have seen this guy since then, he says, "Hey Elvira girl!" No matter how many times I tell him that is Vampira, he still thinks it is Elvira. It was funny at first. He now calls me Elvira. He often asks me out to the bar after work. One time I said, "Joe, you are married, what do you want to go to the bar with me for?" So he says, "Well, we could get drinks and see what happens from there". What?!?!?!?!?! Joe, I think I should tell your wife what you are up to. I know her. We get our hair done at the same place. But I won't tell. It will be our little secret. So yeah, it's Vampira and not Elvira!!! Get it right or pay the price.
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