This film was reviled by mainstream critics for its unimaginable gore and violence. Those who kept a Reader's Digest next to the toilet could be informed of its nauseatingly bad taste and poor quality before skipping on to read "I Am Joe's Liver". Catholics perusing a copy of Our Sunday Visitor would find rated as a solid "C" (for condemned as objectionable for all). By no means it is for everybody, but for those who enjoy a good creepy movie it's simply superb.
The settings: forlorn cemetery, empty roads, an isolated farmhouse, drab winter weather - all of these were undoubtedly chosen with the tiny budget in mind but came off as genius picks for location atmosphere.
The actors: total unknowns who were probably paid a fee that wouldn't fill your gas tank today - all spot-on right for the roles.
Special effects: not all that special, but that's what made them work so well. The entrails looked like the cast-off material from a boar hog castration and the extras grabbed them up and gobbled them down with relish.
My favorite character: Sheriff McClelland. That guy deadpanned some of the best lines in movie history (they're all available here on IMDb).
I admit to a weakness for B-movies so my standards are pretty low, but this is no B grade, it's a true cinematic gem. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out.
The settings: forlorn cemetery, empty roads, an isolated farmhouse, drab winter weather - all of these were undoubtedly chosen with the tiny budget in mind but came off as genius picks for location atmosphere.
The actors: total unknowns who were probably paid a fee that wouldn't fill your gas tank today - all spot-on right for the roles.
Special effects: not all that special, but that's what made them work so well. The entrails looked like the cast-off material from a boar hog castration and the extras grabbed them up and gobbled them down with relish.
My favorite character: Sheriff McClelland. That guy deadpanned some of the best lines in movie history (they're all available here on IMDb).
I admit to a weakness for B-movies so my standards are pretty low, but this is no B grade, it's a true cinematic gem. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out.