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      Grotesque

      R 1988 1h 19m Horror List
      Reviews 15% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A young woman's (Linda Blair) plastic-surgeon uncle (Tab Hunter) avenges their family's massacre by punks. Read More Read Less

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      Katie H I have read thru the other reviews and this movie and I certainly understand the criticisms; however the reality is, for this 80s thriller/slasher with likely a fairly low budget, the movie punches way above its weight class. As a filmmaker I find the cuts and film choices to be phenomenal, and the references to previous horror, mystery, and thriller works make for an incredible experience. If you are to rate this as a horror movie, you would likely find it to be a 3 star, but as a project, something like the family makes in the movie itself, it's above and beyond. Let this be known, the camera operator(s) knew what they were doing and I'm sure they moved on to do many more incredible projects Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Uummm, ok then 🤪 beginning and end horrible. Middle pretty good Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Grotesque is a spectacular mess. The filmmakers really didn't know. In the end we have what can be classed as 3 separate movies, and all three are awful. The first 3rd has the family being slaughtered by punks looking to score big money by robbing the family. The middle act has a twisted and ugly man chasing down the punks and killing them, and the aftermath with the survivors and the police. The conclusion sees all of this as a bad movie in a theatre and showing us what the 'real' monsters are. Not one of these acts would have made its own good movie, the summation was even worse. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Part slasher movie, part home invasion thriller, part revenge drama, part movie monster meta in-joke(?). It has no idea what it is or wants to be, but it's different; I'll give it that. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member what is real or what is illusion? that's the major theme in this extremely corny late 80s horror movie. it plays more like an unintentional comedy. too much of the movie is painfully obvious in what it's intentions are making the whole gimmick it's pushing for lame. however there are a few inspired moments, but overall never achieves for anything golden. donna wilkes and linda blair do whatever is possible tor rise above the messy material. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Okay, this was a largely terrible movie, but one of those that struck me as charming in the 'so bad it's good' vein, so just strap in and give ti a look. Punkers crash the party at a remote cabin, which in turn signals the arrival of a hideously deformed killer, who may or may not be trying to help the family that;s being held hostage. Wacky shit, worth a rental. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A young woman's (Linda Blair) plastic-surgeon uncle (Tab Hunter) avenges their family's massacre by punks.
      Director
      Joe Tornatore
      Production Co
      United Filmmakers Group
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 18, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 19m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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