Primal Rage

Almost unheard of Warner Bros. pic finds a scientific research monkey biting someone. That person is then turned into a rabid, bloodthristy killer who spreads the virus to anybody that isn't dead that they come in contact with. Half hearted production is not as bad as you would expect, but not by much, this film features good make-up effects and a memorable finale. Rated R; Extreme Graphic Violence and Profanity.

Primal Rage isn't bad, a few changes and voila. It's a shame the better characters, Duffy and Debbie are shutout fairly early. Buxton's quite nice. Some awful stuff with Lowe and the goon trio, but the Halloween party's a nice touch to bring it home. Svenson's ponytail has to be one of the worst ever, ha.

This low-budget flick was released the same year as Halloween IV, Child's Play, They Live and The Blob--so it's no wonder it flew under the radar of most horror fans at the time. Cheesy doesn't even begin to describe the acting and writing in this one. You know the stickiness you feel under your shoes when you're in a movie theater in a bad part of town? Find a word for that and it'll probably describe it. Still, there are some redeeming qualities--mostly the gore and the fact that it doesn't slow down and linger. There's always something going on, and the gore is actually decent for a flick that probably had a budget lower than the average ten-year-old's weekly allowance. I'll probably never watch it again, but hey, I've seen worse!

At first, I thought this was going to be another killer ape picture, instead it was an very cool knock-off of David Cronenberg's "Rabid", with awesome effects by Carlo Rambaldi. I thoroughly enjoyed watching these characters go berzerk to the music of Claudio Simonetti. The gore was plentiful and the ruckus at the Halloween dance was very exciting. It was also fun to watch one of Rob Lowe's brothers in yet another B horror picture. My only problem was the dated pop tunes that plagued the movie's soundtrack.

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. The film is a bit slow in the beginning n picks up only aft an hour. So the last half an hour is all the action. The best part is the Halloween costumes. The film has one of the nastiest scalp removal scene. The guy in Dracula costume n the guy in three headed tap costume and their deaths are comedic. Can someone tell me the name of the babe at 5th min in the black n white sleeveless top.