ThiefHott Too much of everything

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

bbickley13-921-58664 I was looking for something more gruesome when I came across the cover for this movie, and also hoping that horror icon, Tony Todd was going to have a more important role in this film. Wrong on both points.Seems like the slasher of the movie is suffering from some shell shock but he's never been to war. He's just a disturbed Nazi who likes taking photos of naked women before he kills them.And thank God this movie had nudity or there would be nothing to watch and would have been an even bigger waist of time than it already was. Nudity is always a good trick to make sure people watched your movie.Although I did like the angle of the little girl trying to convince her sister that something is wrong with her disturbed Nazi boyfriend, but of course big sis can't see it cause she's in love with the man taking care of the two of them. It brings a down to earth vibe to the flick. Something I can relate to more than the killer Nazi whose head the movie tries to get into but ends up going over my head. He seems to be working out some mommy issues but I do not care.The part of the movie that was interesting which was the little girl was not used enough in my taste.Don't fall for the allure of the poster, It's nothing like the movie, and there's not enough naked breast to get a recommendation out of me.

siriouslysid As a horror and gore fan, i find myself needing to watch any film that has been reviewed as "extreme" "disturbing" or anything else describing really gory films and when i came across murder set pieces i read many reviews either saying it was boring or too horrible, then after finding out that it was not passed by the BBFC and is banned in Britain, I found myself needing to watch it and searching for a copy of the uncut version. If you are anything like me and need to watch something out of curiosity; i wanted to know what was so horrific to be banned as this is not very common these days ( last film i watched that was banned recently was Grotesque; which was pretty extreme and horrible and understandable to be banned, but was actually a very well done movie); lets just say, don't bother. In my opinion if the film wasn't banned in the UK, probably no one would watch it as curiosity is the only way i believe someone would want to watch it. My boyfriend made me switch it off as it was to terrible to sit through, and not in an extreme way, in a painful terrible film way. So i had to watch it the next day with hopes of seeing realistic and nasty gore. To be fair, i enjoyed a few of the torture scenes, but you don't even see much i just enjoyed the way they made it look with so much blood, but if your a gore fan its nothing you haven't seen before, and you will have seen it done much better. There is genuinely no need to watch this film, the terrible acting, the unbelievable victims, the cheesy terrible music and montage scenes make this look like a B movie from the 80's. And the unnecessary child killing, there was seriously no need to put it in any film, also killing a mother in front of her baby made me feel sad the fact a director wanted to put that in a film. I won't go any further in describing this pointless film, I would have rated only 1 but i decided to give it 3 because some scenes are mildly enjoyable (the first 3 minutes are probably the best in the whole film), so if you find yourself NEEDING to watch it i would skip through to the killings don't waste your time with the story (THERE IS NO STORY). OH and also, don't read the cast list and assume it will be great because of the actors, anyone you've heard of from it are in the film for a maximum of two minutes. So ye, don't believe the hype.

eyeswideshut1212 Wow - pages and pages of reviews for an independent movie that people seem to hate so much! I tell you, the worst disservice you could do to a film you dislike is to ignore it. Submitting so many reviews are really doing a service for the film, as more and more folks will begin to wonder what the 'fuss' was all about, and see it.Goody. I liked this movie. There are very few films on my 'short list' of flicks that I'm happy to watch and re-watch, but this one has been added. I see little point in adding more and more details about the gore and plot lines since a) I promised no spoilers and b) there's a few hundred people that already did this. So I'll just mention a few things that impressed me.The directing and filmography works. For example, the rapid dichotomy from gruesome torture sequences in a dungeon of horror switching to brightly lit scenes of innocence featuring young actress Jade Risser and her school friends creates an effect - kind of like hot chocolate floats from Carvel - the contrast between the hot chocolate and cold vanilla ice cream is simply splendid! And speaking of Ms. Risser, she does a marvelous job here. From her IMDb bio, I'm guessing that she's either decided that acting will not be her chosen profession, or perhaps she wants to finish school first. But I'd seek out more films featuring her, if any are ever made.The music score is present, and works nicely - from the heavy metal played during the torture sequences to the electronic soundtrack during the credits and chase sequences. I personally care a lot about the 'complete package', and a movie without effective music is, to me, like a day without sunshine. Dario Argento's many entertaining works are also masterful blends of music and horror - and Palumbo cites Argento as an influence.This film is not 'great art', and I don't think it was intended to be. I wouldn't even try to compare it with 'Silence of the Lambs' - a film like that was about plot and acting, but my two viewings of that one I'd say, were sufficient. This one isn't about plot and acting (though has both), but is about exactly what the title promises: Murder Set Pieces. We are promised that, and we get that. And there IS a plot, and there IS dialog, and some of the dialog IS actually interesting, and the psychological snapshots of the killer's mental state are useful for understanding what's going on with him. (See, for example, Argento's 'Tenebrae'.)And we DO get characters to care about (at least one, anyway), and we DO get a somewhat satisfying ending (maybe not the ending I would have liked, but it's Palumbo's film - not mine).I've loaned my copy of this film out to friends, and just about all of them enjoy it. That's why I was a bit surprised to see how it was trashed here at the IMDb, but like I said - it is probably a testament to the effectiveness of a film to elicit the degree of response it did.I shall be viewing this film many times again (and I've already watched it though once with commentary on - something I rarely do, since I usually find voice-over commentary to be boring - but in this case, I was really interested in what Palumbo and Garrett had to say about the filming of the scenes and their take on the movie and the characters). If I'm going to give any criticism of the plot, just for balance, then I'd say that I was bothered somewhat by the lack of police presence, as certainly the police would have been very involved in investigating a series of murders of this magnitude in a major city like Las Vegas (heck - the police are more present in the flick 'Fargo', and a small town like that has about two people on the police force and there's only ONE murder under investigation).So all I can say is that I recommend that you view this film, with the understanding that you know what you'll be getting - certainly not a film for the squeamish. And as for being 'scared'? Well - sorry, maybe I'm too old, or two jaded; I can't remember the last time I found any film to be 'scary' (horror or otherwise), but I've seen to many - I know all the tricks, I can't really be impressed (very rarely, anyhow) - but I don't need to be 'scared' in order to be 'entertained', and it's really 'entertainment' that I look for when I spend my valuable time watching a movie, nowadays.ews1212

Funboy1615 This movie really is the worst. I do not understand where all this hype came from on the box...How "disturbing" and "blood soaked" and "offensive" it is. And the trailer makes it look so extreme (At least the editor is on point...Someone involved in this film knows what they're doing). The only thing that was offensive was the way the director offends the audiences intelligence. This movie is a blatant ripoff of American Psycho...And a poorly done one. The gore is nothing...I've seen more on a SyFy Channel movie. Everything happens offscreen...You barely even see any after effects. There is nothing to redeem this movie. The acting ranges from weak to terrible. There is no suspense or fright. There's no characters that you care about or identify with. Hell...The most charismatic character is the killer. I am beyond disappointed with this crapfest. Want to see some good movies along this genre...Check out Frontiers-Martyrs-In My Skin-Inside-High Tension-the original Texas Chainsaw and Texas Chainsaw 2-House Of 1000 Corpses and even The Devils Rejects-The Lost-the first Saw-both Hostels. Even Laid To Rest was a trillion times better than this