Maniac Farmer (2018) User Reviews

$2 hillbilly farm slasher

[Chase_Witherspoon · 3/10 · 29 January 2024]

Ultra cheap slasher movie is pretty decent experimental filmmaking, showcasing some technical flair and unhinged performances, not to mention ghastly special effects as an obese, overall-wearing and mostly mute farmer goes on a rampage when a trio of punk thugs invade his remote property.

Seems to be set in the 80s, and despite the obvious production constraints, occasionally manages to effectively capture the nostalgic tone of the often senseless 80s slasher plot, albeit on just a fraction of the budget.

The acting is a little amateurish and the lighting isn't always sufficient using location footage, but the overall gist is simple, uncomplicated and it's fairly entertaining relative to its scale.

Crazy that 5+ is the rating - nowhere close.

[Mike_T-Little_Mtn_Sound_Archive · 1/10 · 4 September 2019]

First off, I'm assuming the other two reviews are by participants and/or are done by folks in connection with the film, as many of the things they state in the reviews simply NEVER HAPPENED! It was somebody's idea to write some completely random, untruthful stuff that would urge people to watch this. Sadly, I took the reviews as truth and watched the entire film, simply waiting for said facts to occur.

It certainly wasn't the worst independent movie I've seen, but the writer/director tried to pull off WAY more than he was capable of. The movie has barely anything to do with the farmer, as Rex is the main character from start to finish.

My initial thought was that this would be more of a straightforward slasher flick with lots of blood and gore, especially with one of the other two reviews stating how gory it was. Sadly, this was not the truth. Had the story stuck to that simple plot idea It would have felt less disjointed. Instead, with the focus being on Rex and his slow descent in to crazed fear (up until the last 10 minutes), all the schizophrenic gobble-dee-gook that he suffers is the writer's attempt at making a cerebral film. Well...it didn't work. The acting is nowhere near good enough to pull this off, the script is amateurish (at best), and the cinematography is film class 101. In other words, this is truly the definition of independent B cinema.

There is almost no blood and/or gore despite what an obviously paid reviewer stated- just a couple of quick instances - and overall it moves extremely slow, as the focus on Rex is just woefully drawn out.

It's rare that I truly don't like a flick, as I can find redeeming value in just about anything, but this is one film I wish I hadn't wasted my time on. They tried to do waaaaay too much with a movie that didn't even get its basics covered. Nowhere close.

I would probably rate this as a 2, maybe a 3, but am selecting 1 to bring down the obviously faked reviews that unfairly raise the overall score.

I made it to minute 12.

[schizo_dy · 1/10 · 10 February 2020]

... and I really tried. This movie has no flow whatsoever. The only thing that scared me was the rate at which my brain cells were dying.

instant cult-classic

[valloton · 8/10 · 31 July 2019]

With this budget...well done Decent acting, good musical score, story is weird enough, but not over the top Promising director

this is good, i suppose?

[oukak · 9/10 · 4 August 2019]

Film about violence, where "evil meet other evil and you just step back and watch". i dont like new horror movies, they pretty much same: blood, tons of it, too much gore and nothing interesting on screen. this one, no, different. yes, blood, yes, gore, but its interesting. it have small things, that lead you through small story. and ending. damn, it was beauty.

i think with big budget this can be pretty much better then pile of crap we have in last decade(s). good movie.