While I hesitate to give Psycho Cop a 10 out of 10 because if I'm being honest, it's by no means perfect (or a 'classic' movie but what the hell does that mean these days anyway. Apparently The Matrix is a classic, and that movie sucks), I haven't had this much fun watching a B-horror flick in a long long time. The joy of this movie is that instead of being a laughably bad horror that's hysterical because it's so cheesy, it's a laughably bad horror poking fun at itself for being laughably bad and having a damn good time being laughably bad. As will you, watching Psycho Cop Joe Vickers chuckle his way through a veritable army of victims with axe, billy club and even in one instance, a car.
It isn't big, it isn't clever (you want clever, check out Maniac Cop instead, it's just as cool but much more serious) but it's damn funny. The people who took this seriously really missed the point, as this is a blatant genre spoof. It leaves no stone unturned in it's quest to lovingly lampoon 80s slashers. Bad Continuity? Check. Killer who materialises in front of the heroine after chasing her from BEHIND? Check. Hilarious 'let off some shteam' style one-liners? Check. I laughed all 90 minutes, and for once not because of spurts of comedy gore, just because of the pure comedy value.
If you're a pretentious jerk go watch Saw a fortieth time, but if you like a good slasher and don't mind a hefty dose of broad stupid humour (Classic segment: Caretaker:'No! It can't be!' Psycho Cop:'Oh, but it is!' SPLAT!) with your horror check this hidden gem out, it rocks my world.
It isn't big, it isn't clever (you want clever, check out Maniac Cop instead, it's just as cool but much more serious) but it's damn funny. The people who took this seriously really missed the point, as this is a blatant genre spoof. It leaves no stone unturned in it's quest to lovingly lampoon 80s slashers. Bad Continuity? Check. Killer who materialises in front of the heroine after chasing her from BEHIND? Check. Hilarious 'let off some shteam' style one-liners? Check. I laughed all 90 minutes, and for once not because of spurts of comedy gore, just because of the pure comedy value.
If you're a pretentious jerk go watch Saw a fortieth time, but if you like a good slasher and don't mind a hefty dose of broad stupid humour (Classic segment: Caretaker:'No! It can't be!' Psycho Cop:'Oh, but it is!' SPLAT!) with your horror check this hidden gem out, it rocks my world.