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The film is enjoyable and is good fun.

The main character loses his arm in an accident, and gets a replacement from a dubious source leading to all sorts of macabre events, and the play includes having a mad scientist/doctor.

What I like about this picture is that even though the story spirals into absurdity and is preposterous, all the lead actors take themselves and the story very seriously making the movie even more hilarious.

Everyone gives full throttle performances which keeps the viewer nicely entertained!

I wonder if we have or will get a body Parts II?!

Worthy of a solid:

7/10

When I first heard about this movie, I read about the story: Guys gets a killers body-parts, and now "someone" wants them back. Then I studied the cast: the main character was played by Jeff Fahey (who I knew from "The Lawnmower Man" and "Silverado"), and then I saw Brad Dourif (from the "Child's Play"-movies amongst other spooky flicks, like "Alien 4" and "Nightwatch" ). I thought that it would be watchable only because they were in it, but it actually had a quite interesting story, which raised a couple of questions, such as the mysterious nature of body-part-transplanting, and how bad it could go!

I think there was some spectacular stunts in this movie, and many original ideas (especially when Fahey gets in a driving vehicle!), and it never really stops being exciting! - The final scenes are pretty gross, but generally I thought that the movie was okay! My rating is 7/10

Body Parts wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It turned out to be pretty entertaining and had a few moments that made me jump out of my seat. I believe the director, Eric Red, will one day be a more popular film-maker. He does a good job and creates some genuine tension.

Now I must admit I really didn't think I was going to like this one! This terrible judgement was down to its corny title, obviously low budget, and that awful actor Jeff Fahey! I have never seen a movie with this actor that I have truly been impressed with, due to his wooden acting and bland expression. Sadly this movie was no different, but it was saved by some very neat performances.

The story is simply a re-hash of a tried and tested idea - some guy (in this case a criminal psychologist) loses a limb, and a replacement is sewn on - subsequently it comes to light that the limb is of a dead psychopath. The question is, who does the arm now really belong to? There are some nice treats given to those who pay attention to the script ("I have the blood of a murderer running through my body" is a chilling line, even by the dismal Fahey!). There are some good performances too, most notably from the two female leads. Kim Delaney plays the wife very well, and her panic at the apparently unexplainable situation feels very real. Lindsay Duncan turns in a fine performance as the doctor who's surgical efforts bring more than GBH to the picture! Loek Dikker (!) has composed an interestingly dissonant score, that unfortunately goes a little too over the top in places, but is good nonetheless. The gore is plentiful, and well done. I cannot often stomach realistic surgical drama, and I did have to turn away on numerous gruesome occasions!

This film will not disappoint a punter who feels like 90 minutes of brain-easy escapism. An enjoyable movie!

As bad and ridiculous as this movie was, i found the premise compelling and the questions it posed. Jeff Fahey started to look more and more demonic as the movie went on, and his hair changed too. I wouldn't recommend the film, but i think it was horrifying in a Frankensteinian way and fun in the way Blue Velvet was fun, in that dark, film noir kind of way,but Parts was without the aesthetics. I had to laugh because certain scenes reminded me of Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and then in other parts i actually wondered what was going on, like maybe there was a cohesive, tightly woven plot. I think i was mistaken on that. Too bad, the movie sort of had some kind of appeal. Anyone agree? I kind of thought the painter who received the other arm was a classic nut case in a way that was so over the top as to be humorous.

I actually felt that his family relationships were kind of honest and touching, even though they saw their dad unraveling. Perhaps one of the highlights of the film.

An outlandish conclusion mars this otherwise decent little early '90s thriller. Jeff Fahey, he of "Lawnmower Man" fame, stars as Bill Chrushank, a shrink who tragically loses his arm in a brutal car wreck. But through the miracle of science, and with the consent of his wife, Chrushank is given a second chance at an able-bodied life via a groundbreaking transplant. All seems well until the limb, formerly belonging to a murderous death row inmate, seems to take on a life of its own. Is the killer living more than vicariously through Chrushank, or is it all in his head?

One of the biggest complaints the big-name critics had with this one was that the story is all too familiar (i.e. "Hands of Orlac"). Yet a borrowed story is no reason to automatically dismiss a picture. Look at how many cop pictures and romantic comedies steal elements from their predecessors. So yes, this basic tale has been told before, but director Eric Red (I've never heard of him, either) makes it all work pretty good. Until, that is, the aforementioned climax rears its ugly head. It's then that Chrushank discovers the sinister origins of his surgery. I won't give it away, but let's just say there are plenty of four-letter words to describe it: lame, poor, nuts, crap. This film just could have been so great with a great finale.

Psychologist Bill (Jeff Fahey) interviews a convicted killer and goes home to his wife Karen (Kim Delaney) discussing his wants and desires. The next day while in traffic, a tire breaks off a car's axle and Bill immediately stops his car to avoid the accident. Unfortunately, the truck ignores the ensuing chaos and crashes into Bill's bumper. Bill crashes through the rear window. At the hospital, Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) gives Bill an arm transplantation. Everything seems to be going fine during rehabilitation until Bill suffers hallucinations.

Jeff Fahey carries "Body Parts" all the way to the inane finale. The first act meanders, the second act is okay, but the third act is completely off-the-rails. Impressive stunt work, creative murders, and an insane car chase await the unexpected viewer.

Corny dialogue plagues the screen. Suspension of disbelief would be an understatement for this film. Essentially, "Body Parts" rips off "The Hands of Orlac."

"Body Parts" is a cool horror flick about a guy who loses an arm in a car accident and has it replaced with one belonging to a serial killer. Predictably, the arm starts misbehaving.

It doesn't feel like a novel idea, but the handling of the material is surprisingly strong. Jeff Fahey, perhaps best known for the most out-there Stephen King adaptation, "Lawnmower Man", plays the protagonist, looking like a spooky John Stamos. Paul Ben Victor, known from multiple HBO shows such as "The Wire", also has a memorable role, as does the legendary Brad Dourif.

While the movie may be fairly predictable, it does have one scene I don't think I've seen in a movie before: the passenger of one car having his wrist handcuffed to the driver of the car next to his. We've all seen car chases, but I've rarely seen two cars having to stick close together at high speed, or someone might get their arm torn off (again).

This early 90s body-horror flick is like a David Cronenberg "Frankenstein" that meanders across three different stages and ultimately is a crazy and disturbing film. Jeff Fahey provides a decent performance as a man who loses his arm in a car accident. While he is in the hospital, his distraught wife signs a waiver to have a new arm immediately transplanted on to him. It's a success and he makes a full recovery, but when the arm seems to have a mind of its own, further investigation uncovers his role as a guinea pig in a shady experiment, and the arm's donor turns out to be a vicious serial killer recently executed.

While I enjoyed this and found it to be a good watch, what brings it down for me is the complete lack of originality from the onset ("The Hands of Orlac" and shades of "Frankenstein" ) and a script that is predictable until it just gets ridiculous and loses the run of itself in an attempt to be original. It does lead to a decent car chase, though. And the special effects and gore weren't bad either. Worth one viewing, but not much else to write about.

This is one creepy ass movie. It's an intriguing, haunting concept that almost lives up to it. The movie centers around psychiatrist/family man played by Jeff Fahey who has an awful accident and looses his arm. While under his wife signs him up for an experimental procedure to attach a strangers arm. At first he's thankful for the medical miracle but he than soon begins to get horrific visions and looses control of his arm in one instance almost killing his wife. Soon after he discovers that other people have received the surgery and the donor is coming back to claim his property. The finale leaves a bit too be desired but its filled with some truly grotesque and nightmarish moments.

Budget: $10m Box Office: $9.2m

7.25/10

Other than Jeff Fahey's over the top performance, this is a silly film. Basically an updated Hands of Orlac, where a killers body parts are used in a transplant and begin taking him over, since he wants to get put back together, there isn't much originality. Barely even a popcorn film.

Criminal psychologist Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) survived from an horrible car accident but he loses his arm. But when a gifted mysterious Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) manages to find a donor to have a new arm for Bill. When his wife Karen (Kim Delaney) agrees with the doctor for the operation. When the operation is a success and then its takes weeks for Bill's new arm to be working. In fact, he finds his new arm to be much better than his old one. But then, it's starts doing things that he doesn't want to do and being having vivid nightmares. He finds out that his arm belongs to Charley Fletcher (John Walsh). A violent serial killer, who got executed on the operation table. When Bill got his new arm from. But Bill finds out that he's not the only one, who got spear parts from the infamous murderer. Then after meeting two people (Brad Dourif and Peter Murnik), who got spear body parts from Charley. But when Bill wants his arm off, the Dr. Webb refused to do it. Bill has a feeling or two that Dr. Webb is not what she seems to be and he feels, there's something out there is coming for him.

Directed by Eric Red (Bad Moon, Cohen and Tate, Undertow) made an intriguing horror film with some effective moments of suspense and thrills. This was an box office disappointment, when it was released in the summer of 1991. The critics were not kind to this movie as well. Sure, the premise isn't original anymore. But director Red tries to make something different here by adding some neat ideals to the already often filmed premise of the picture. The underrated Fahey gives an strong performance. Dourif gives an memorable small role as the artist, who finds sudden success with his paintings. Red does his best work so far as a filmmaker here. Red wasn't made a movie or wrote a script in years but it seems, he trying to make a comeback with his latest work "100 Feet". That film will be released sometime in 2008. Like most of Red's works, "Body Parts" has become a cult classic. It's certainly one of the most underrated horror movies of the 1990's. Effective music score by Loek Dikker. Insipred from the novel "Choice Cuts" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (Which they wrote the classic book together "Diabolique"). Co-scripted by the director and Norman Snider (Dead Ringers, Rated X). Screen-story by Patricia Herskovic (Producer of cult classics like "Deadly Blessing", "Mother's Boys" and "Toy Soldiers") and Joyce Taylor. Don't miss it. Panavision. (****/*****).

This was another film I never heard of before. It was part of the list for the best horror films of the 1990's series on a podcast, so I checked it out for that. The synopsis for this is after losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

In this film we follow Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey). He is married to Karen (Kim Delaney) and they have two children, Bill Jr. (Nathaniel Moreau) and Samantha (Sarah Campbell). As the synopsis states, Bill is a criminal psychologist and early on we see him interviewing an inmate, Ray Kolberg (Paul Ben-Victor). Later that night Bill is talking to his wife as this interview had a pretty profound effect on him. He really wants to take someone with a broken mind and fix them, but he's never heard of it happening in any of his research.

The next day on his way to work, Bill gets into a car accident. It is pretty wild what happens and we shift to Karen in the hospital waiting room. She is asked by Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) if they can do an experimental procedure where they will use the arm of someone else and attach to Bill's. She is leery about the procedure and they can't wait until he wakes up for his permission. She decides to go forward with it.

This surgery is a success. Bill wakes up with the arm of someone else attached to him. It takes some getting used to, but pretty early into rehab it is already moving much better than expected. He ends up going back home to his family and there's a media circus.

Everything isn't perfect though. Bill gets visions of some pretty violent things and his personality starts to change. He has outburst of anger that upset his wife and children. There is also a moment where Ray notices a tattoo on the wrist of the new arm and he freaks out. This forces Bill to get fingerprinted and it turns out the arm belonged to a notorious serial killer Charley Flectcher.

Bill goes to speak with Dr. Webb about what he's experiencing and she tells him that there's nothing going on with the arm that it is all in his head. While there, he illegally figures out two other people who were recipients of items from Charley. He sees both of them out. One of them is a painter Remo Lacey (Brad Dourif), who ever since getting it has been painting his best work, but the problem is that it is the memories that Charley had of his crimes. Mark Draper (Peter Murnik) got both of his legs and almost causes a car accident for him.

Are what they experiencing something in their heads or is there something more going on? This brings up the question that Bill poses, is the evil of Charley contained in the heart or in the flesh?

Now I do have to say, I loved the set up for this film. I've seen this story done before, so it isn't something that is completely new. I really enjoy the idea that memories and the personality of a person could be kept in the DNA of a body part. There's another aspect of it that gets resolved late in the film, but I'm not the biggest fan of that idea. Ignoring that though, it's even more interesting though that something like the anger and rage could overcome a less dominate personality like what Bill has. It also could be looked at that he is having guilt about getting this item and it is all in his head. The more he looks into it, the more it gets worse.

The latter theory does have some slight holes to it. The first hole being that Remo also sees the same things and he has no idea about it. Then again, Mark has his almost accident, but he doesn't seem to be getting any images. I do feel the film probably should have been a bit more consistent here, but it could be to avoid being repetitive as well.

Something I really did have an issue with was the reveal and pretty much most of the third. I didn't like where they took it. I think this film would be much stronger if they decided to continue on where Bill is losing control. We get that great bar fight sequence, I would have liked to see the arm causing him to take it a step farther where he either kills someone or comes close. What we get instead kind of changes the whole tone of the film. The ending was a bit anticlimactic as well. It does build tension early on; I just think that it loses it with the tonal shift.

One last thing to cover before moving away from the story is I like the concept borrowed from Frankenstein. The idea of putting the three men back together with a body part borrowed from elsewhere is a bit of that. What happens later in the film though is definitely referencing this classic story as well.

I'll next move to the acting of the film, which I thought was pretty solid across the board. Fahey I thought was solid as the main character. He really has a good life and it gets turned upside down from his accident. What I really like about this is that we see his descent into madness by the images he is seeing and that his wife is getting fed up with him. She doesn't really believe what he is saying. Duncan is also good here. I really like the change in her character. She seems like she genuinely wants to help him, but when he wants to remove the arm, she has a darker side with faced with ending her experiment. I dug that aspect. Delaney was solid in her role. She is also quite attractive. It was nice to see to see cameos from Zakes Mokae, Dourif and Ben-Victor. The rest of the cast definitely rounded out the film for what was needed.

Something I've been really surprised with these movies are the use of practical effects. We get that here and I think what we get look good. There are quite a few gunshots that look pretty realistic to me. I did have some slight issues with how easy the film makes it seem like to rip a limb from someone, but I'll let it slide. They are pretty brutal to be honest and I dug it. I do think the film is shot very well, so that is also a plus.

Now with that said, this film is quite intriguing. I really like the idea and concept for it. I even like the idea it is exploring. There's a good set up, but I did have some issues with the shift in the third act. I actually think it ruins the tension the rest of the film had been building up and the ending was a letdown. The acting though was really solid and the effects were done practically, which was good. The soundtrack of the film really didn't stand out to me, but it also didn't really hurt it. Overall I'd say this is an above average film. If it sounds good, I'd definitely recommend it.

"Suspension of disbelief" is pushed to stratospheric levels in this turkey. When psychologist Bill Chrushank (Jeff Fahey) loses his right arm in a car accident, the arm of an executed death row inmate is grafted on in its place. The arm works, but mild-mannered, loving family man Bill discovers that the arm is possessed by a force he cannot control. Mark (Peter Murnik) has the murderer's legs, and Remo (Brad Dourif) has the murderer's other arm. Their limbs are also "possessed" by the spirit of the murderer, whose head has been transplanted onto a different body. Now, with the help of the surgeon who wrought this monstrosity, he wants his body parts back so he can reconstitute himself.

This piece of drivel has a (you should excuse the expression) distinguished pedigree. 'Les Mains d'Orlac,' a novel by French author Maurice Renard, was made into a 1924 silent film adaptation, 'Orlac Hande', starring Werner Kraus and Colin Clive (yes, Dr. Frankenstein). In 'Mad Love' (1935), brilliant but twisted surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre in his U.S. film debut) is obsessed with Yvonne Orlac, a beautiful actress and the wife of renowned pianist Stephen Orlac. Although Dr. Gogol's intense devotion frightens Yvonne, she pleads for his help when her husband's hands are mutilated in a gruesome train wreck. Dr. Gogol emergently grafts the hands of a recently executed murderer onto the ends of the pianist's arms. The operation is a success but Stephen Orlac has a bad feeling about his new hands and his suspicions are confirmed in a series of unsettling incidents. In the 1940 Boris Karloff vehicle "Before I Hang," a crusading doctor is transfused with the blood of a murderer, and he is transformed into a Jekyll-and-Hyde character who can't control his murderous outbursts. Then there was 'The Hands of Orlac' (1960) with Mel Ferrer and a low-budget 1962 version entitled 'Hands of a Stranger' featuring Sally Kellerman in an early screen appearance. 'Body Parts' is based on yet another French novel, 'Choice Cuts' ('Et Mon Tout Est Un Homme') (1965) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, which apparently won an award (go figure).

Jeff Fahey, in the lead role, has never been a particularly satisfying or charismatic screen presence. Only Brad Dourif has some good lines and delivers them with great gusto. However, when his arm is ripped off and his corpse is thrown out a window only to land on a police cruiser, it is so obviously a dummy that it's amusing. Kim Delaney, at the peak of her beauty at age 29, is great to look at, but her acting skills aren't called upon much in this flick. 'Body Parts' also gets the Dubious Achievement Award for Gender Equality in Film in that the mad doctor in this flick is a woman. And although this film is set in New York City, don't expect to see any recognizable New York landmarks except in long shot, because once again the film was actually shot in that great all-purpose American city, Toronto, Ontario.

This is what happens when the two best movie genres in the world meet each other and have passionate sex. It's SCI-FI mixed in with sick old fashioned HORROR. It's the most beautiful mix ever and it was done in this ERIC RED masterpiece. All the best aspects for a good horror/sci-fi were perfectly aligned for this one. An outstanding lead actor, JEFF FAHEY (The Lawnmower Man), a great movie maker, ERIC RED, and a good book, "CHOICE CUTS" from BOILEAU-NARCEJAC. It's starts off good, then it gets better, but it doesn't stop there. It becomes eerie, then sick, then crazy, and all of a sudden you end up watching a violent twisted ending. Once you get passed the "yeah right" idea of the body grafting, you're in and hooked. You cannot expect CGI, or witty modern dialogue, due to the fact that it was made in 1991 just before the big change between good old-fashioned bloody gore and the new commercial stuff you see today. You will, at the very least, be moved by the fact that you saw it and can make a constructive criticism yourself without outside judgment. It was missed by the popular audience but will always be remembered by HORROR fanatics everywhere. It's a definite keeper.

No pun intended - and quite fitting. Ok that is a second pun, which makes my saying almost ridiculous ... on the other hand, that also is fitting with the theme and the tone of the movie. If you like the thrillers the 90s produced (especially the low budget ones that is of course), than you could do worse than this one. Especially if you take into consideration the cast that has assembled here.

Brad Dourif is quite the genre actor - and apart from being the voice of Chucky it seems he had his hands into other movies too (I think you knew I had to do this and go there). Jeff Fahey is the main man here - but he is missing something - well he will become full again. But not fully himself ... and as much as I can't help myself, he can't either ... at least parts of him (that are not really him) ... well you'll understand once you watch this.

B-movie at its best ... well or close to. Fun and entertaining and quite over the top and ridiculous ... as in quite the fantasy the conjured up here ...

This is a Gory B-Movie from Eric Red who's Comfortable with Gut-Wrenching, Slightly Over-the-Top Blood-Fest, Feasting in the "Gore Zone" and Delivers the Grizzly Goods.

He Wrote the Screen-Play for 2 Solid "Cult Movies"..."The Hitcher" (1986) and "Near Dark" (1987)...the Latter Directed by Future Oscar Winner Kathryn Bigelow.

He's Hopped Around (presumably on his own 2 feet) the Genre with some Moderate Success After the 2 Winners Aforementioned.

Here, He Confidently Relies on His Instinct for Disturbing Amped-Up Blood-Letting Ulta-Styled with Plenty of Close-Ups for the Hounds to Salivate.

It's a Familiar Story Going Way Back to the "Hands of Orlac" (1924+60) and Numerous Other Transplanted "Body Parts" in Revolt. He Takes the Classic Story-Line and Runs With it Full-Force, Inserting just Enough Home-Life with the Wife and Kids that Shows the Domestic Scene Disrupted Disturbingly from a Transplanted Arm with a Will to Kill.

Brad Douriff Shows Up as a Modern-Painter that has Discovered that His New Popular-Style is "Killing" it in the Art-Market, and of course the Paintings are from the Dark-Side of the Dark-Side...He Too is a Recipient of an Arm from the Same Serial-Killer.

An Above Average Movie from the "Slasher" Era's Overwhelmingly Awful Out-Put.

It Delivers What it is Selling in Blood, and is a Must-See for Gore-Hounds and Grind-House Fans. For Others it is with a Warning of Strong Stomachs Only...

Worth a Watch.

Where does evil lay? This is the question posed by psychologist Jeff Fahey after he receives a limb transplant from a convict that they have vivisected to replace his own missing arm. The arm starts to have a mind of it's own. He meets two other limb recipients from the same guy (one got the other arms and the other got both legs). Then somebody whacks the other two guys, severing the donated limbs. At this point, I'm thinking, hey neat movie, somebody we have never seen before will show up and tell Fahey that he's going to kill him and take the arm (I'm figuring the limb collection to basically just be metaphoric). When Fahey asks who they heck this guy is, he rips open his shirt, showing the telltale scars of a heart transplant. Where does evil lay? Evil lays in the heart. I'm on top of the world, mentally congratulating the writer for being so darned clever. Boy, was I sorely mistaken. Some guy showed-up alright, in a neck brace. It seems the doctor that did the amputations couldn't resist sewing the convict donors head on another body. This doofus is running around collecting limbs I guess because he wants to have them sewn on his new body. The scene where this chump is carrying three of the severed limbs out of a burning car is ludicrous. I couldn't stop laughing. The bar fight scene looks like it belongs in one of the Bionic Showdown movies as the limbs seem to impart some sort of super-fighting techniques to their new owners. This movie would only be fit for fodder for MST3K.

I saw this film some 10 years ago in a movie theatre in Zimbabwe. It left an impact on me as I am a fan of sci-fi more than of horror films.

Much has been written about "mindless sci-fi" such as the Star War films where sounds are "heard" in outer space where in reality you can't hear anything. Yet sci-fi lovers seem to have missed out on this neat theory of body parts having a mind (NOT, mind you, a "brain") of their own--all belonging to the original individual. It appears to be nothing more than nonsense to us in accepted conventional science but I found it more appealing than some of the works of Lucas and Spielberg.

I think the film needs reassessment as a "sci-fi" film--not merely as a horror film. I am convinced this film is more appealing in subject matter than "Fantastic Voyage" or "The Flatliners", purely as a science fiction movie. Take it or leave it--the subject challenges today's scientific thought however stupid it appears to us today. And as cinema, I have seen worse stuff from well-known Hollywood directors. I would like to read the book "Choice cuts" before figuring out if the film was better than the work of the author. The film has made me curious about the novel--that in itself speaks much for the film's director, Eric Red.

Happy family man (Jeff Fahey) is in a horrible car wreck and loses an arm. It is replaced with a "donor's" arm. He soon finds out his arm belonged to a vicious executed murderer--and has a mind of its own!

I saw this film in a theatre back in 1991. I had no interest in seeing it originally (I personally can't stand Fahey) but some critics gave this rave reviews (!!!). After seeing it I couldn't imagine WHAT they saw in this crap. It hasn't improved 14 years later.

OK--this has been done before most notably as "Mad Love" back in 1935. But that film wasn't even remotely serious. This one expects us to believe various body parts can be grafted onto other people AND retain the personality of their owners!!!! It's a stupid premise and we're supposed to take it seriously! That's the main problem with this--it's too ridiculous to take seriously. Also the explanation at the end made little sense. I'm still not sure what was going on--or why.

Acting doesn't help. Fahey is good but he's TOO good for such a dumb movie. Kim Delaney is great as his wife--but given little to do. Lindsay Duncan is HORRIBLE as the evil doctor--in a way she's so bad she's kind of fun to watch. Only Brad Dourif is any good. He (wisely) doesn't take his part too seriously and adds a funny spin to his lines.

Also this is pretty boring. It moves at a snails pace (even at just 88 minutes) and there's no blood and guts till the last half hour. Unfortunately the "special" effects are unintentionally hysterical--get a good look at the obvious dummy when Dourif is thrown out a window!

Silly, dull and REALLY idiotic. This has been mostly forgotten--let's hope it stays that way. I give it a 1.

A prison psychiatrist and psychology professor is in a bad car accident in which he loses his right arm. His wife is given the opportunity to let Dr. Webb graft a new arm on him. While he is being sedated, he appears to see a decapitation. There are a number of injuries, dismemberments, and shootings in the movie, and they're all pretty gory, though the movie is not wall-to-wall gore.

Somehow he doesn't notice, nor does his wife, that he has a tattoo on his new arm until a patient points it out to him. This makes him want to learn where the arm came from, along with the fact that he is having nightmares, and some violent impulses.

In the novel this was very loosely based on, the main character is not a person who's gotten a graft. He's a person who's been appointed to keep an eye on people who've gotten grafts, to see that they are doing well (or not). There are seven people in all who have received them (there aren't as many in the film). They all know almost from the start who their parts came from originally. The new parts look better than their old ones, while in the film the arm looks like it was taken from an old corpse, even though it wasn't. They don't have violent impulses, but are exposed to new temptations. For example, the man who gets a new stomach, among other things, eats voraciously since he coincidentally had indigestion before his car accident. The first signs of danger are weird obsessive ideas that some of them get, and also when one of them kills himself.

The movie is so different than the novel that it has to be enjoyed on its own terms, and it can be. The novel The Hands of Orlac is similar in some respects, and the movie Mad Love similarly murders the novel, though it can be enjoyed on its own terms too.

I've read the novel this was based on, so I'll mention

Right from the opening scene, if you let it, this movie will give you goose-bumps. Not that the first scene consisting of two people talking is particularly scary, it is just shot in such a brilliant subtly eerie way (as are all the scenes) that you can't help but be somewhat creeped out. The plot--involving a man receiving a new arm after losing his in a terrible auto accident and discovering that it belonged to a serial killer that happens to want it back--sounds ludicrous, yet somehow Red lets the story unfold seamlessly and realistically and you find yourself believing every detail. This movie is about as intensely spooky as you can get, and every last moment of terror is executed perfectly. Red never lets you relax, because the minute you think things are settling down, something completely unexpected and wonderfully of-beat will leap out of no where are scare you silly. And finally, Body Parts succeeds in the extraordinary-visuals category not by throwing a bunch of flashy special effects in your face, but by remarkably original scenes fantastically constructed from ordinary things that become almost mesmerizing. This is the best horror film I have seen to date (August 20, 2000) and I have seen many. Just remember not to take it all too seriously, because this movie relies on emotions and characters to convey it realistically, not situations or plotting which are more fantastical than real-life based. But if, like myself, you let yourself become completely absorbed in the story, characters, and suspense, you are in for a true treat.

I don't quite understand why everyone hates this movie so much. I thought it was a little silly, but not nearly poor enough to receive a rating of three or four.

Body Parts had potential, especially as a thriller/splatter film, but perhaps it needed a better director. I know this is going to sound stupid, but I think maybe James Cameron (director of Terminator and Aliens) would have been a good choice.

Jeff Fahey's career sure went nowhere, didn't it? I recommend this film to all other bad movie lovers, Jeff Fahey fans, and horror fan completists. Otherwise, I suppose you're best off avoiding it. I'm one of the few people who didn't walk away from this movie making retching noises.