I have been a fan of the “animal attack” sub genre since I was a very young boy, I vividly remember staying up until the sun rose watching weekend b-movie marathons and being extra excited when it was going to be a buffet of animal attack flicks. From killer bees to bloodthirsty whales, the genre has a never-ending cast of potential species to choose from. I felt it was only natural that I start this on going look at the genre with the very first animal attack film I remember seeing as a child, the 1976 classic John McCauley (Deadly Intruder) Rattlers.
The movie revolves around a herpetologist that has been called in to investigate a series of vicious rattlesnake attacks and his photographer. Soon the duo discovers the military’s disposal of a top-secret nerve gas may be the root of the snakes strange behavior.
As a kid, I remember being terrified by this movie,...
The movie revolves around a herpetologist that has been called in to investigate a series of vicious rattlesnake attacks and his photographer. Soon the duo discovers the military’s disposal of a top-secret nerve gas may be the root of the snakes strange behavior.
As a kid, I remember being terrified by this movie,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Ted Brown
- The Liberal Dead
It’s hard to surprise people when putting together a list of the best slasher movies and, in the interest of doing so, I thought I’d exclude all the genre mainstays from the list. This list doesn’t necessarily represent the “ten best”, but rather some of the slasher subgenre’s more ‘overlooked’ offerings.
10. The Mutilator (1985)
It can be argued that this film’s greatest asset is its amazing tag line (By Pick, By Sword, By Axe, Bye Bye!), but that’s doing a bit of disservice to director Buddy Cooper’s only attempt to run with the slasher big dogs.
First we’ve got one of the most preposterous killer motivations in the subgenre: a child, cleaning his father’s gun in an attempt to gleam his daddy’s affections, accidentally shoots his mother dead. Dad comes home, flips his lid and viola! Instant slasher!
If you track down the uncut version,...
10. The Mutilator (1985)
It can be argued that this film’s greatest asset is its amazing tag line (By Pick, By Sword, By Axe, Bye Bye!), but that’s doing a bit of disservice to director Buddy Cooper’s only attempt to run with the slasher big dogs.
First we’ve got one of the most preposterous killer motivations in the subgenre: a child, cleaning his father’s gun in an attempt to gleam his daddy’s affections, accidentally shoots his mother dead. Dad comes home, flips his lid and viola! Instant slasher!
If you track down the uncut version,...
- 10/30/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
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