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Summary: D#*CKHEAD REX
Review: A real snoozer from the Irish about a goofy demon Rex. He looks like a puppet dinosaur. Worst production I've seen in years.
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Summary: Red meat for monster movie fans
Review: 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!
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Summary: THEY CALLED HIM RAWHEAD!!!
Review: Better than Ghoulies 2!I don't think there's ever been a better movie than Raw Head Rex. A Beautiful Mind? Please! I don't think we'll ever see a character as well developed as Declan O'Brien ever again. And David Dukes? I think those snobs at the Oscar committee overlooked a great talent once again. (Take note, Russell Crowe - THIS is acting!) And I can't say enough about the disturbing trailer-park massacre, or the "surprise" shocker scenes such as Raw Head jumping out from behind some bushes (off-cue) to gnaw off some poor sod's hand. Voila! And those beady, laser-pointer eyes! How did they do that?!! Well, I guess sometimes a film comes along , and everyone else in Hollywood knows that they've got some catching up to do...
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Summary: "Rawhead, that's what they called him...RAWHEAD!
Review: 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.
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Summary: Earlier Clive film touches primal nerve
Review: Clive Barker's script to "Rawhead Rex" elevates an otherwise pedestrian horror-thriller. Why? Because of Barker's instinctive understanding was what's REALLY scary: not the Rawhead (in his ridiculous costume), but the underlying pagan and pre-Christian imagery. Notice that this is a "Green Man" production -- the most potent, the most potentially pervasive of all pre-Christian images. I also liked the close-ups of the tombstones in the Irish church yard ... again, reflecting that uneasy alliance between Celtic (or even pre-Celtic) gods and Catholicism. It's a theme that Barker should return to some day ... but with a bigger budget (and better actors!)
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Summary: GAYER THAN 50 MEN
Review: I rented this at a mom and pops store and I still regret it to this day. I bought five movies at Circuit City that all tower over this movie. Too slow and repetitive for my tastes,skip this and go see 28 Days Later. ALFINATOR
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Summary: Stunning
Review: I saw reviews for this EVERYWHERE saying Rex looked"fake". So untrue. While he is not the best, he is betterthan somethings. It has better effects than Frankenstien, but people LOVE that film. But look past this one. All you have to do to like this film is pay attenion to the story. It is true, this film would have been better if they used the 15 piece Rawhead Rex suit(and Barker's orignal script) they intended to use, but it is still pretty scary. Any true horror fan must see this film.(Also, for more Rawhead Rex facts, read Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden. I highly recommend it!)
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Summary: really a dissapointment
Review: I saw the movie a couple of years ago, and it was horrible ( not in a way you expect if you rent a horror movie). After watching for about an hour i gave up and rewinded the tape. Nothing happend till then so go figure.
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Summary: Creepy Movie!
Review: 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.
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Summary: I just loved this film.
Review: I saw this when I was a kid and thought it was scary. I recently purchased it and watched it again, and it was a lot better in my memory than in real life. This flick actually has a fairly decent plot and would be OK if not for FFM-full frontal monstrosity within the first 30 minutes...any good horror director should know to keep the view of latex masks obscured at least until a good halfway through the film. Rex's cheezy effects are there for full viewing in about 5 long close-up scenes. If you can overlook the awful effects, it's an OK picture.
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