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Rawhead Rex

1987, Movie, R, 89 mins

Rawhead Rex: Review

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There are two good reasons why British horror author Clive Barker decided to direct his own stories (beginning with HELLRAISER [1987]): one is UNDERWORLD (1985) and the other is RAWHEAD REX, both produced and directed by the same inept team. Although Barker wrote both screenplays and director George Pavlou is his friend, neither film captures the essence of the Barker stories from which they are derived. Set in Ireland, RAWHEAD REX begins promisingly enough as a farmer decides to dig up an ancient stone that has been standing in his field for centuries. He unearths a huge, snarling, legendary monster, an ancient god of the days before Christianity--Rawhead Rex (played by seven-foot-tall German actor Heinrich von Schellendorf). The monster goes on a rampage, taking big, fatal bites out of several locals, including the young son of American university professor Howard Hallenbeck (David Dukes). An expert in history and anthropology, Hallenbeck uncovers the history of Rawhead Rex and figures out how to destroy him. For starters, the monster suit concocted by special-effects whiz Peter Litten is downright laughable. The beast is supposed to have been buried beneath the earth for hundreds of years (Barker's description of this in the story is very vivid), but this Rawhead Rex is a squeaky clean, latex rubber-man fresh out of the mold--looking more like a drooling college football mascot than an evil ancient god. Director Pavlou moves his film at a snail's pace, demonstrating little flair for suspense or even simple shock. The last word on Pavlou's directorial cleverness is that he is not beyond intercutting shots of gory violence with a housewife cutting up some meat for a stew. Gosh, what an ingenious juxtaposition. Ugh. leave a comment
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