Unhinged (1982)
Unhinged is an early 80's slasher filmed in Oregon by Oregonians. I personally love slasher movies, especially those from the early 80's, but this one was pretty horrible. Even though they filmed in a mansion and had access to a helicopter, the filmmakers came up with an extremely boring film that was actually categorized as a "video nastie" is England. I have no idea why, because the gore was pretty tame and definitely not creative.
The DVD makers apparently understood that this movie was a pretty steamy one and put on some cheezy extras like a local morning show interview with a star and the director, and a "comedy commentary" by a seemingly pretty random group of people (including the guy who does the "Too Much Coffee Man" comic). I watched the movie first, so I really couldn't stomach sitting through the entire thing again for the commentary. However, I would recommend, if you just have to see it, to just watch the film with the comedy commentary. It will probably be a little less boring, even if you can't hear the film very well in the background (it won't make much difference and probably helps).
There is a twist ending that is reminiscent of a more well known early 80's slasher that was made slightly after this one (I don't think it was intentionally copied), but you can pretty much see it coming.
Tagline: Get your slice from the reaper. Violence beyond reason, Victums beyond help.
Highlights: It would probably be fun to watch this with a bunch of drunk friends. The DVD extras redeem the film a tiny bit. The main girl does do exactly what she should do once she finds the "gallery of dead people," which doesn't really fit with the crappiness of the rest of the film, so that was nice.
The DVD makers apparently understood that this movie was a pretty steamy one and put on some cheezy extras like a local morning show interview with a star and the director, and a "comedy commentary" by a seemingly pretty random group of people (including the guy who does the "Too Much Coffee Man" comic). I watched the movie first, so I really couldn't stomach sitting through the entire thing again for the commentary. However, I would recommend, if you just have to see it, to just watch the film with the comedy commentary. It will probably be a little less boring, even if you can't hear the film very well in the background (it won't make much difference and probably helps).
There is a twist ending that is reminiscent of a more well known early 80's slasher that was made slightly after this one (I don't think it was intentionally copied), but you can pretty much see it coming.
Tagline: Get your slice from the reaper. Violence beyond reason, Victums beyond help.
Highlights: It would probably be fun to watch this with a bunch of drunk friends. The DVD extras redeem the film a tiny bit. The main girl does do exactly what she should do once she finds the "gallery of dead people," which doesn't really fit with the crappiness of the rest of the film, so that was nice.
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