La main du saigneur

This is an entertaining movie. I didn't "get it" til the end, though. Maybe I was just tired. It deals with how serial killers from slasher movies can't even stop killing or ever die no matter what and how boring that kind of life must be. And his name is Jackson, like Jason. Very clever. But I thought it was worth watching and there are some really funny parts. The person who mentioned it was like Toxic Avenger was very right. I'm surprised Troma hasn't picked this up. I didn't quite understand the whole father figure dude. What did he have to do with the movie and why was he a bum? I liked the blind woman, she was pretty cool. I never thought about how blind people don't have to turn on lights... hmmmm

My review was written in March 1989 after watching the movie on Academy video cassette.

This British horror spoof (going direct to video Stateside) is on target with its script's satirical barbs, but is not well realized as a feature. Gore content of unrated version marks it for a specialty audience.

Filmmakers Anders Palm and Mark Cutforth are poking fun at the endless string of imitative Yank shriekers such as "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween" series that substitute cliches for creativity.

Antihero Gregory Cox wear a Jason-esque goalie's mask and is given to slaughtering people in gruesome fashion until he meets kindly but kinky blind girl Fiona Evans. She befriends him and beds him, even getting him to remove his mask, revealing a hideously deformed (but subpar makeup effects) face.

In striving for black humor, pic gets bogged down in some silliness, tastelessness and pretentious writing. Reflexive material as folks recognize he hero "from his movies" is overdone, climaxing with him aghast at a theater marquee hawking the 26th film in the series. Yucky gore doesn't sit well with what is basically an intellectual exercise.

I rented this movie a while ago and I really liked it. To my surprise I saw a copy for sale and bought yesterday. Just watched it and well, I was super disappointed. It was totally cut missing most of the gore, male/female frontal nudity and violence. I was so mad.

+Stay away from the box that says rated R+

Anyway, the movie is funny and you gotta love the clothes these people wear. The accents somethings get to you, but other than that it is a lot of fun to watch.

This is sort of a Friday the 13th comedy. The killer even wears a hockey mask!

This movie is a masterpiece - I can't believe it's not at LEAST a cult classic. It laughs at Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, all those "5 Teens in a house w/ a madman" movies, and that's just for starters. If you like this kind of humor (the European caustic, sarcasm kind, as seen in Cemetery Man, to name another great movie) you will absolutely LOVE this movie. Beautifully bad acting (intentionally so), some of the wittiest dialog I've ever seen, GREAT characters... from the basic concept of this film, all the way to the final implementation, this film is BRILLIANT! Check it out! Recommend it to all your friends! It's great, and NO ONE has ever heard of it...

From reviews and comments I have read about this film I see that not many people rate it. I however beg to differ. This a fantastic film that puts a new light on the normally one dimensional stalk and slash killer. Get your mates round, buy some beer and prepare yourself for something fresh.

The gore is spectacular and Jackson even shows his face. Think Braindead or Bad Taste or even the Troma movies. They are in no way meant to be taken seriously but to this day still rank up there as some of the finest horror movies ever made. I recommend this highly, although watch it with your tongue firmly in your cheek.