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Partners
5 Star fun for all the family!
This is one of those films that is so so bad, it is laughable!! it has to be seen just to sample the dire special effects and not to mention the acting! I know this film is now dated but i think it must have looked dated 2 days after it's release.
I do feel sorry for the director though, as he clearly only had a budget of £14.50 and a discount voucher for the local fancy dress shop! Also the fact that it's set in Ireland doesn't exactly send chills down ones spine - in fact it was like a horror version of Father Ted - that alone is worth watching it for! The acting leaves a LOT to be desired. The lead chracters are an awful American couple, with 2 very annoying brats, one of which is killed by the monster - they don't seem that bothered though. But it's the actors who comfront the monster that are cracking! 'Scream darling scream' the dirctor must have been shouting! You have to check out the pregant woman in one of the first attack sences - it's a classic! The crazy verger of the local chuch is hillarious, as he becomes posessed by Rawhead to the point where he seems in love with him, offering himself to the beast at one stage - they even engage in a little one on one 'watersport' activity! The monster itself. Well what can I say? The people that are screaming at it are doing so because it is so bad?!?! Half gorilla outfit half viking costume, toped off with a rubber mask with gaping mouth and big pointy teeth. The face of the monster holds the same expression throughout the film, again adding to it's utter rubishness! It's whole face doesn't even move for gods sake! The funniest thing has to be it's eyes, which consist of two red lights that flash on and off. The film centres around Rawhead ( it's never explained why he's called Rex) coming back from the dead to terrorise a nice little Irish village. Rawhead has some serious rage issues thoughout the film, roaring all the bloody time and generally trashing the joint. He has a particular dislike for caravans and interior design. Constantly terrorising local residents of a caravan park, and breaking into houses and trashing them. All in all this film has to be seen simply for its 'awfulbility' factor!! I hope Clive Barker went round the directors house and slapped him round the face. |
