1986 Directed by George Pavlou
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
David Dukes Niall Tóibín Cora Lunny Ronan Wilmot Donal McCann Heinrich von Schellendorf Kelly Piper Niall O'Brien Hugh O'Conor Eleanor Feely Gladys Sheehan Madelyn Erskine Gerry Walsh Noel O'Donovan John Olohan Peter Donovan Bob Carlile Patrick Dawson Finbar Lynch Maeve Germaine Simon Kelly Derry Power Sheila Flitton Derek Halligan Bairbre Ní Chaoimh Tom Lawlor Frank Melia Michael James Ford
Alan Walsh Tip Tipping Terence Plummer Donal O'Farrell Mark McBride Peter Lynch Paul Kelly Jazzer Jeyes Dave Holland Dominick Hewitt Frank Henson Dorothy Ford Ken Fildes Peter Brayham
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I’ve never been the biggest fan of this movie besides the infamous priest getting pissed on scene and just how much Rawhead wrecks, but I clicked with this movie more than I ever have this morning.
For years I was never able to get with the pacing at play here, I must have rented this three or four times back in the day and had so much trouble even finishing it. Sure, I loved Rex and how dopey his rubber mask was, but that first half hour has the uncanny ability to NyQuil any 12 year old within the first 30 minutes. Luckily this was exactly the kind of rubber faced monster bursting through doors like the kool aid man…
I reeeeeeally want to subtract a 1/2 star for the final, clichéd shot...but the bottom line is that this is a pretty rockin' 80's low budget creature feature.
A farmer in a tiny, rural Irish burg is determined to uproot a stone monolith from his property...little does he know that upon doing so, he'll unleash one of the silliest looking, full-head masked monsters of the era. Well silly AND awesome...cause, you know, the demon/god/whatthehellever digs donning leather, spiked shoulder pads, and chains as well. (Maybe he had tickets to a Mama's Boys or Gary Moore concert that weekend). His outfit kind of resembles a cross between being influenced by the early Mad Max films and something Gene Simmons wore on…
Rawhead Rex sounds a lot like a euphemism and then there’s a scene where the monster pees on a happily accepting priest and I would think seeing these things that way says maybe there’s something not right about me and honestly there is something not right about me, but it’s not that because really, who watches this and doesn’t raise one eyebrow at those things while cracking a little smile?
I can definitely tell you that a lot of people would watch this and say that the monster effects are awful and yeah they kind of are, but I still loved them and this movie. It’s got plenty of gory bits and the Irish countryside setting is great. I also can’t not love a movie that so mercilessly dismembers a kid!
Thanks for making this known and beautiful, Kino.
Bananameter: 🍌 seriously a smiling priest gets pissed on by a mythical man monster what more do you want here 🍌
Generally in monster movies, the idea is to keep the monster off screen and just hint at it here and there before the inevitable big reveal at the end. Well it seems that director George Pavlou missed that memo and here we get to see the baddie full on right from the start - and it looks ridiculous! I'd actually forgotten how silly the titular antagonist looks; though actually it bothered me less on this rewatch. The big bad has a lot of charm, even if it is obviously a man in a rubber mask. This is based on a story by Clive Barker which I haven't read; but apparently the writer didn't like this film version. I think the…
You got to love when one of Clive Barker’s creatures crawls out of hell to raise some hell.
Top o’ the morning to ya 🍀 Instead of Warwick Davis for our St. Paddy’s day gore, we threw on this rubbered muscle Irish folk monster instead. It’s written by Clive Barker, so there’s a fair amount of belabored plotting and useless yammering, but it’s always nice to hang out in an Irish trailer park with this heavy metal, pig faced cutie—Give us that raw head, Rex!
'Get upstairs, fuckface. I can't keep God waiting' > all of 2019 for me so far. This goes right to the top of my 'Crazy clergy' top ten list right behind Vanessa Redgrave and Donald Pleasence.
Something here, maybe in the sad vague lives about which, you catch only glimpses (that or the practical fx) makes everything happening onscreen seem weirdly unsafe.
I wish it hadn't taken me so long to see this but I just haven't been in quite the right mood.
Rawhead Rex!!! Love this movie. Watched the Kino Lorber blu ray and was really blown away. I only ever owned this on VHS so seeing it in all it's glory in HD was quite the experience! The overall design and packaging is really top notch.
Now for the movie itself. A clumsy farmer accidentally unleashes Rawhead Rex a violent demon and all hell breaks loose. Rex rips through the beautiful Ireland countryside mauling and murdering anything in his path. And he pees on a priest. Yep that happens. Rex doesn't give a shit bout nothing! It's up to regular Joe six pack to save the day while vacationing with his family.
Rawhead Rex is an obvious creation of Clive Barkers…
I always saw the box to this movie in the horror section of my local video store and I had an idea of what the movie was like just from the cover. So much so I never watched it because I felt like seeing the cover meant I basically saw it.
Finally as an adult, I watched Rawhead Rex. And it's exactly what was in my head.
Like a Troma movie directed by Ken Loach. The creature is super goofy and looks like a beefy nu-metal bass player. The gore is plentiful and gross, the sweaters look warm and cozy and I'm fairly certain heads don't come off that easily. My cat fucking loved this movie.
Low-key feminist masterpiece, that just happens to also be a piss-kink, monster movie.
