Skinner

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Summary: He'll get under your skin
Review: Picture Joxer the Mighty, almost stark naked, and psychotic. If ever there were anyone who could surprise you with his versatility, it's Ted Raimi. His character, Dennis Skinner ranks right up there with Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Channing. An innocent looking nice-guy, Ted Raimi will most definitely disturb you with his not-so-nice-guy behavior once the lights go out. A great movie, especially if you like blood & gore. They don't skimp on the skinning either. I recommend it for anyone's horror movie collection. ~SerialZero

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Summary: Only out of love for Ted do I give this two stars
Review: Ted Raimi is this movie's only saving grace, and the only reason I bought it. Here's a question for you: If Traci Lord's vengeful character Heidi is so ashamed of the way she looks, then why does she spend the whole movie dressed in nothing but lingerie and a trench coat? And did you notice that Dennis carves up that chicken with a dirty knife? Yuck! This movie was obviously the brain child of a male mind. Don't bother unless you are a big Ted Raimi fan.

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Summary: Only out of love for Ted do I give this two stars
Review: Ted Raimi is this movie's only saving grace, and the only reason I bought it. Here's a question for you: If Traci Lord's vengeful character Heidi is so ashamed of the way she looks, then why does she spend the whole movie dressed in nothing but lingerie and a trench coat? And did you notice that Dennis carves up that chicken with a dirty knife? Yuck! This movie was obviously the brain child of a male mind. Don't bother unless you are a big Ted Raimi fan.

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Summary: DVD is EDITED
Review: The DVD is the EDITED R-rated version and is missing all the intense gore effects in the original "unrated" VHS release. It's also an awful transfer so avoid at all costs. The uncut VHS version is definitely worth a look, though....even if just for the excellent grue.

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Summary: DVD is EDITED
Review: The DVD is the EDITED R-rated version and is missing all the intense gore effects in the original "unrated" VHS release. It's also an awful transfer so avoid at all costs. The uncut VHS version is definitely worth a look, though....even if just for the excellent grue.

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Summary: Terrible!
Review: This film is truely terrible. Everything about it sucks, the sound is awful and the picture isn't any better. This is the worst DVD transfer i have saw, some might say that is reflected in the price (i bought the double feature with The Surgeon included) but there is alot of budget DVD's out there that do a fine job in both departments. Where was the brutal gore the inside sleeve promised? Maybe that was the bit when the picture started to roll and i missed it! If your looking for a good slasher film with lots of gore pay a bit extra and go for The New York Ripper. Stay away from this rubbish.

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Summary: The "North" of the horror genre
Review: This film is vile, badly written, badly acted, with bad sound and a weak male lead. Awful, awful, awful! I thought this film would have some campy qualities since Ted Raimi was the "Buffalo Bill" knock-off of a serial killer. Ricki Lake is predictably terrible ("Hairspray" was her only good film to date). And to top it all off, ex-porn queen Traci Lords isn't even naked! The least the director could have done was give a dollop or two of gratuitous nudity to appease the audience in this horribly written mid-air collision of a film. While the story was unbelievably weak, there was a motif of water which made no sense. I think the director was trying to be pretentious or stretching the film to feature length. Like Oedipus, I felt like blinding myself after I saw this film because it was so monumentally bad. When I say it is a bad film, I don't even mean it in a "so bad it's good" sense either. This film is BAD! I'm sure "Plan 9 From Outer Space" has more redeeming qualities (and had better actors). Too bad Mystery Science Theater 3000 is over, because this cinematic abortion would be a lot funnier with two robots talking back to the screen. This film makes "Army of Darkness" look like "Citizen Kane." If you want to rent a good bad film, rent "Soldier" or "Escape From LA." Keep browsing folks. I wasn't deepy offended that I wasted my money on this, I was offended that I wasted my time on this. As a famous film critic said: "Unclean, unclean, unclean!"

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Summary: One star is one star too many
Review: This movie is really a dog. If any of you Ted Raimi fans out there ever watch this one and then later meet Ted, don't let him know you watched it. He'll make fun of you! Now that's the sign of a really bad movie! No redeeming factors here that I can see at all. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I think I'll go watch some paint dry.

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Summary: One star is one star too many
Review: This movie is really a dog. If any of you Ted Raimi fans out there ever watch this one and then later meet Ted, don't let him know you watched it. He'll make fun of you! Now that's the sign of a really bad movie! No redeeming factors here that I can see at all. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I think I'll go watch some paint dry.

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Summary: An interesting failure
Review: Worth watching once to see the movie it might have been. An amazing performance from Raimi, who slides deftly among the layers of the psychopathic title character without once overplaying his hand in a truly chilling performance. Ricki Lake is also subtle and effective as the unhappy landlady with a slowly growing attraction for her strange boarder. Unfortuately, the high-caliber performances are wasted on a meandering script and unfocused direction -- and a fatally slow pace which destroys any interest we might have in what's going on. As for the gore, it isn't that it's too much, it's that it's not enough. Too little and too late, it's almost half-an-hour before we know anything more about the movie than what we read on the box, and by then we're no longer interested. A shame, and most of the people involved deserved better.