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| About Review |
Reviewer
Chucky
Review Date
17th April, 2004
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| Movie Credits |
Director
Joe Giannone
Cast
Gaylen Ross
Tony Fish
Jan Claire
Harriet Bass
Seth Jones
Screenplay
Joe Giannone
Tagline
"They thought they were alone."
Country
USA
Classification
R
Year
1981
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| DVD Information |
Format
NTSC
Region Coding
1
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1
16x9 Enhanced
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Running Time
88 minutes
Year Released
2001
Packaging
Keep Case
Extra Features
Audio Commentary
TV Spots
Theatrical Trailer
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Madman
The Plot
A group of children and camp workers sit around a campfire telling scary stories into the night. One tells of Madman Marz, a farmer who drank too much and beat his wife. One night Marz hacked his and family to death. So legend has it that it you say his name above a whisper, he'll come after you...
The Movie
This is one of the better early 80's slashers that quickly followed Friday the 13th. The movie starts of quite quickly, getting right into the story about Madman Marz, they show some flashbacks of him killing his family with an axe and such. Once the secret of not saying Madman Marz's name out loud was given to everyone else at the campfire, the stupid teenager just couldn't resist in yelling it out and even throwing a bottle through a window into Marz's house.
When the teen notices a gigantic man looking at him from a tree, that's when the fear set in. I'm sure a lot of people who have seen this movie got a little freaked out right away as Marz slowly makes his way down the tree. That is one scene that I will never forget from this movie. It doesn't take too long for Marz to make his first kill as you don't really get to see much of his face until the last half of the movie. Marz looks like a really old man who was never told about a little thing called "haircut" as he is a really hairy bastard.
This is still your normal, average slasher movie that doesn't really do much different from the others, though some of the camera angles used in this movie are sweeter than sugar. If you're a slasher fan, it's a must see but I'd still even recommend it to anyone looking for a scare or perhaps... a laugh?
The DVD
This is a really old, low-budget film which can be excused for not having perfect picture and sound quality. Picture can sometimes seem really good though half the time it does get a little hazy in certain scenes and the audio seemed quite dull most of the time. An example of the audio would be like hearing a new movie which had something (i.e. a blanket) covering the speakers, muffling the sound.
The extras are few but more than what anyone should expect from a film like this. You get an audio commentary track which I have only partially listened to though it seemed interesting enough (normally, I only listen to audio commentary on movies that I really love), quite a few TV Spots and the theatrical trailer.
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