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Summary: Doctor Butcher??!! How did this ever make it to DVD????
Review: I cannot believe a company actually went to the trouble to create a DVD of "Doctor Butcher", with extras and all??!! This is one of the most embarassing movies I have ever seen, but it has that car-crash mentality to it....you just can't look away. From the opening scene where a man is cutting off the hand of a corpse and you can actually hear what sounds like the "squeak" of rubber being cut into, to the motel room scene where the lamp, bedspread, pillowcases, and chair all have the same glaring pattern as the wallpaper, to the "vocal-chord" removal scene, to the outboard motor used as weapon scene...you just can't take your eyes off of this thing. I love "B" movies, though zombies aren't really my thing (and this movie isn't really a zombie movie at all...except for how you will feel after viewing) this movie is just head-scratchingly stupid in spots. I would never recommend this movie to anyone....after viewing you almost have to ask youself..."Were they serious about making this movie...I mean really did someone in a studio think this was a good idea???" Still once you pop this thing in you will feel compelled to view it in it's entirity, you won't be able to help yourself. If a movie is that bad that it basically defies you to try and turn it off I have to give it at least 3 stars.
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Summary: I've heard it's gory but where's the gore???
Review: I get this movie here based on many reviews but there is only very minimal blood in it... so where's the gore?
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Summary: ZOMBIES / MAD DOC'S + CANNIBALISM!!!!
Review: I had a vhs copy of this movie a long time go, and i swear i wached it at least a dosen times every other month. some of the best things on the vhs were the previews!! though i doubt they are on the dvd verision. (which is a shame) there were 3 things on the previews that stood out. 1st was a theater warning for the audience. "if you hear this sound or see this image, cover your eyes if you have medical problems" classic!!!!! 2nd was a preview of a movie shot on video that i never could catch up with, it was called BOARDING HOUSE MASSACRE. it had a real pigshead being warn by someone. and a lot of squeeling!!! and #3. there was a really bad cematary seen shot on video i think before the movie and on one of the grave stones there was written i think "SNUFF EX MORTIS". the distrubitor might have put this in to create some hype. this was orginally released when snuff films were reported or rumored to be filmed overseas and sent to the U.S. " boy do i miss the 80's.
this movie has lots of blood and gore for the gorehound, and lots of bad acting, zombies , cannibalism, mad doc's and goofy music. buy this movie!!
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Summary: So unbelievably stupid, that cult status is inevitable
Review: I remember seeing this film in the earlier days of video stores sitting on the shelf as "Doctor Butcher, M.D.". It looked serious enough to a ten-year-old but now that I've actually sat down and watched it I couldn't help but laugh at its sheer incompetence. The music must be attributed to a small Casio, the special effects are some of the worst I've ever seen (paging Herschell Gordon Lewis!), the dialogue is inept ("I'm determined to have your brain!") and the zombies aren't really the bad guys; that title goes to mad Dr. Obrero and the decidedly Asian cannibals that attack our heroes on the island. Bashes you over the head with its stupidity, but hard liquor significantly softens the impact, and actually can make it fun under such influence (especially with friends to help make fun of it).
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Summary: Misleading title but still enjoyable
Review: I went to Fry's Electronic in search of some flicks when I came across this film. From the moment I read the cover I thought of "zombies..zombies...oh and lots of apocolyptic chaos and more zombies". THIS MOVIE IS NOT WHAT I HAD IMAGINED. Now as for the movie itself it's pretty decent and main character in this film can also be seen in Zombi. Zombie Holocause is a very misleading title and not to mention there are barley any zombies in this film! It should have bin called "Cannibal Holocaust!" The movies plot is pretty average and nothing new heck it's sort of similar to Zombi except there are cannibals.
Eventhough the Zombies are not really zombies it is still enjoyable to watch. The movies main enemies are the cannibals NOT the Zombies. Is this the best Italian horror film ever?...no but still enjoyable I should have seen the trailer for this film on Zombi DVD but I didn't even go on the trailer section so thus I some how got this film.
As I have said before this isn't even a zombie flick there's barely any zombies seen in this film! Maybe 3 or 4 but that's it.
The plot is ok, The actors are not even close to the word all right especially Dr. Butcher, and the direction of this film NOT TO MENTION THE MISLEADING TITLE is just plain bad and that's I am giving it
a 3.0 out 5.
I must say that they did show some effort in this film so I will give them Credit. Also this film is not for the sqweemish as this film has some pretty gritty violent content(one scene involving a man getting his stomach torn apart by the canibals and his eye are gauged out)and of course Nudity, full frontil I might add but in this one she's pretty attractive(Unlike the one in Zombi)
That's all I got to say..
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Summary: Another Italian gory classic
Review: If you like those old good Italian gory horrors and you breathe those wonderfull atmosphere from 70/80s with every seen classic from those days,then this is another must film in your collection.
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Summary: Great, gory, Zombie/Cannibal movie.
Review: If you're a fan of eurohorror or Zombie/Cannibal films, this is for you. Great gore, plus, I actually liked the storyline for this one. Although the music in the Dr. Butcher version can get annoying, its still a campy masterpeice. I loved nearly all of the gore scenes, Ian Mcculloch's character rips a Zombie's face off with a propeller from a motorboat, Cannibals rip out eyes, etc., those were all great. I also loved all the flesh eating in this one too. I also found a bit of un-intentional comedy in this, and thats always good. If you're a gorehound, pick up a copy of this.
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Summary: For hardcore zombie-flick addicts only
Review: In the late '70s and early '80s, in the wake of the success of Romero's Dawn of the Dead, the Italian film industry was churning out zombie flicks left and right. Some of them, like Lucio Fulci's Zombie, practically redefined the genre. Others were simply cheap knockoffs designed to cash in on the zombie craze. Zombie Holocaust falls into the latter category.For starters, much of the plot is out-and-out stolen from Zombie. The movie stars Ian McCulloch (who also starred in Zombie -- go figure) as a cop who must travel to a remote tropical island to solve a series of bizarre cannibal murders in New York. Sound familiar? When he gets there, he finds that a mad scientist is creating a race of zombies, who are wreaking havoc on the island -- another plot element from Zombie. And, as in Zombie, the film ends with a fiery showdown between the remaining humans and the zombies. None of this would matter if the film had great special effects, good acting or any other redeeming quality. But it doesn't. On the plus side, there are plenty of extras on this fine DVD from Shriek Show. Among these, there is a lengthy interview with Roy Frumkes, who was tangentially involved with the highly edited American version of this film, "Dr. Butcher, MD." German and American trailers, an interview with a special-effects artist who worked on the film and a deleted scene are also included. There is also an easter egg: go to the "Special Thanks" menu and click on the name "Edwin Samuelson." When you do, you'll see the American version of the opening sequence. The only thing that detracts from the viewing experience is the slight blurriness of the picture. Cheap film stock used in the original production is the likely culprit here. Given the high quality of the rest of the DVD, it seems unlikely that the film-to-digital transfer is somehow to blame. Two out of five stars.
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Summary: Not so bad...
Review: It's not one the best zombie flick, but it'S not so bad. very similaire to Fulci "Zombie", for the plot, with a twist of frankenstein(for the mad scientist) and the main caracter is played by the same guy who played the journalist in "Zombie". (funny) Not a lot of zombies, but the zombies are original in some way. Some good gore sequences Not so bad acting, for italian horror movie The movie transfer is kind of blurry, the sound is ok and the special features are interesting.
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Summary: Not so bad...
Review: It's not one the best zombie flick, but it'S not so bad. very similaire to Fulci "Zombie", for the plot, with a twist of frankenstein(for the mad scientist) and the main caracter is played by the same guy who played the journalist in "Zombie". (funny) Not a lot of zombies, but the zombies are original in some way. Some good gore sequences Not so bad acting, for italian horror movie The movie transfer is kind of blurry, the sound is ok and the special features are interesting.
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