"Dr. Chopper" was a pretty decent slasher film.
**SPOILERS**
After discovering a secret cabin in the woods is theirs, friends Nick, (Robert Adamson) Jessica, (Chelsey Crisp) Jimmy, (Butch Hansen) Tamara, (Ashley McCarthy) and Reese, (Chase Hoyt) drive out to have a weekend away together. As they clean out the cabin, they find a series of newspaper articles about a deranged serial killer named Dr. Chopper, (Ed Brigadier) a former plastic surgeon. When he arrives and attacks the cabin, they flee into the woods, but are captured and taken prisoner. Discovering the source to his power, they fight back against the ruthless surgeon.
The Good News: This really wasn't as bad as it could've been. The overall concept of the killer was one of the film's best parts. It's a wonderful social commentary for the current times, and it makes the killer have an actual reasoning for his killing rather than cold-blooded murder. The high body count is also pretty nice, which is that there's always a death just around the corner if it gets to be too boring. The huge body count also provides some nice gore moments, and the nature of the film provides a lot of blood and gore to display. Hacked off limbs, free-flowing blood splatter on the walls, the trails from the wounds and a couple surgical procedures are shown here in graphic detail. Much better than what was anticipated. There was a couple of nice suspense scenes thrown in here as well, including the scenes on the highway and a second half that featured some pretty decent scenes. The cabin scene featured a rather nice jump that wasn't all that bad, and there was little things here and there that weren't all that bad.
The Bad News: There's only a couple things that need to be brought up. First of all, the killer has absolutely no idea how to be scary, as he looks plain silly. There's no fear in him, and he doesn't really project fear. The goggles worn might be a reason, but it still looks rather silly. Also, despite the large body count, there's relatively no variety at all in the kills, and are mostly the same thing. It's such a shame when this really could've featured some really good death scenes, and it wastes them by repeating the same type of kill over and over.
The Final Verdict: Fix a couple of small little problems, and this isn't all that bad of a film. It's decent enough to hold it's own for the time being, and will no doubt have some followers, so this might be a nice sleeper find for slasher fans. Others might want to exercise caution with this one.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity
**SPOILERS**
After discovering a secret cabin in the woods is theirs, friends Nick, (Robert Adamson) Jessica, (Chelsey Crisp) Jimmy, (Butch Hansen) Tamara, (Ashley McCarthy) and Reese, (Chase Hoyt) drive out to have a weekend away together. As they clean out the cabin, they find a series of newspaper articles about a deranged serial killer named Dr. Chopper, (Ed Brigadier) a former plastic surgeon. When he arrives and attacks the cabin, they flee into the woods, but are captured and taken prisoner. Discovering the source to his power, they fight back against the ruthless surgeon.
The Good News: This really wasn't as bad as it could've been. The overall concept of the killer was one of the film's best parts. It's a wonderful social commentary for the current times, and it makes the killer have an actual reasoning for his killing rather than cold-blooded murder. The high body count is also pretty nice, which is that there's always a death just around the corner if it gets to be too boring. The huge body count also provides some nice gore moments, and the nature of the film provides a lot of blood and gore to display. Hacked off limbs, free-flowing blood splatter on the walls, the trails from the wounds and a couple surgical procedures are shown here in graphic detail. Much better than what was anticipated. There was a couple of nice suspense scenes thrown in here as well, including the scenes on the highway and a second half that featured some pretty decent scenes. The cabin scene featured a rather nice jump that wasn't all that bad, and there was little things here and there that weren't all that bad.
The Bad News: There's only a couple things that need to be brought up. First of all, the killer has absolutely no idea how to be scary, as he looks plain silly. There's no fear in him, and he doesn't really project fear. The goggles worn might be a reason, but it still looks rather silly. Also, despite the large body count, there's relatively no variety at all in the kills, and are mostly the same thing. It's such a shame when this really could've featured some really good death scenes, and it wastes them by repeating the same type of kill over and over.
The Final Verdict: Fix a couple of small little problems, and this isn't all that bad of a film. It's decent enough to hold it's own for the time being, and will no doubt have some followers, so this might be a nice sleeper find for slasher fans. Others might want to exercise caution with this one.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity