Evil Clutch

In EVIL CLUTCH, a young, vacationing couple is thrust into a nightmare world of supernatural insanity and gore.

This movie could be viewed as either an Italian homage to the far superior movie, THE EVIL DEAD, or as a blatant ripoff thereof. Or both. Check out that swooping camera shot, running along the ground! Sound familiar?

The odd, overly "mysterious" story line is just a lumbering skeleton to cover in the blood, pus, and various other goo.

The couple is plagued by a demon in human form, as well as a chatty man on a motorcycle. This allows for the display of suitably disgusting special effects.

Actually, the worst aspect of this whole movie is the insufferable nature of the two, principal humans involved. Every time they open their mouths, it's like we're being hit with a fist! This also causes the scenes in between deaths to be interminable!

WORST SCENES: #1- The "argument" scene, where the couple blathers incessantly after lashing a zombie to a wagon wheel! #2- The -almost- demon love scene! Both gross and idiotic, this is where the title comes into play! #3- The zombie-with-a-fishing-pole attack sequence!

If you've committed some great sin lately, simply subject yourself to this, and be free!...

First of all I was surprised to see that this film is not one of those typical TROMA-releases. It's an italian production and (sad but true) not one of those splatter-comedies like "Class of Nuk'em High", "The Toxic Avenger" or all the other funny flicks that made TROMA so popular. While watching this film, you won't even have a single chance for a smile. It's completely different from the flicks mentioned above. The story is one of the worst ever and the acting is nothing but amateurish. The only thing this film can offer is gore!!! So, if you're a fan of Ittenbach's "Premutos" or Schnaas' "Violent S***"-Trilogy this one's the right one for you! Decapitation, chainsaws, Zombies...- all that stuff a real gore-fan could expect. If you're not related to this kind of film, you better don't buy or even rent this splatter-flick.

A vacationing couple (Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and Diego Ribon) head up into the Alps and end up running into a lady who begs them for help from some attacker. They drive her to a small village, she runs away, they meet a local crazy with a voicebox who warns of witches, they go camping, run into the woman again and get attacked by her. Oh, and this femme fatale has a large claw that extends from her groin and tries to kill people. This Italian film is heavily influenced by THE EVIL DEAD, but you can see director Andreas Marfori just doesn't have the talent to pull it off. It is like he watched Raimi's film with no translation. It is a shame as the film has many things going for it (nice camera work, great locations, tons of gore), but Marfori just can't get it to gel thanks to his incredibly wonky staging. He also overdoses on the use of the steadicam. The final scene with Coralina walking away from the carnage while followed by the steadicam goes on so long that it becomes a joke. Just when you get tired of it, the director then cuts to her continuing to walk with the camera in front of her for another minute or so. Jeez, such a shame.

Weird and dark. Dark and weird. Weird and dark. Weird film. Dark lighting. I usually fall asleep while watching it. But it's pretty cool. Just weird and dark.

An American woman played by Italian actress Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni of "Opera" fame is vacationing in Venice and decides to go with her local boyfriend on trip to the Alps.They run into a witch who says she was attacked and they give her a ride into town.There they meet a crazy guy on a motorcycle who speaks using a electrolarynx.They hike into the mountains and run into both of these people again up there.They also meet a zombie,who is chasing 'em without reason and promptly uses a fishing pole to catch a girl.The funniest thing is titular 'evil clutch'-a giant bloodthirsty claw protruding from witch's vagina.Hell yeah!This cheap and silly Italian "The Evil Dead" clone offers few amusing moments and plenty of grue.Lovers of bad cinema will be pleased with such oddity.