lazarillo
This is one of those 70's movies I appreciate not because it's good, or even because it's "so bad it's good", but because it's so far out of the generally accepted cinematic universe that it's hard to believe it was ever made at all. The Southern-fried plot involves a kidnapping masterminded by the greedy son-in-law of a rich oil baron (which naturally goes completely awry). The hired goon he gets to do this "Wheeler, the titular "Psycho from Texas", is a completely unlikeable and physically unattractive sociopath, who the filmmakers for some reason try to turn into some kind of tragic, sympathetic anti-hero by showing flashbacks of him as a grubby little kid watching his prostitute mother service male clients while a strangely touching country music song plays on the soundtrack.The most famous scene by far in this movie though is where "Wheeler" makes a barmaid, played by a very young Linnae Quigley, take off all her clothes and dance for him him while he pours beer over her head (then for the coup de grace he makes her dry hump the corpse of a man he has just killed). This scene actually gave me a new appreciation for Quigley who I had previously known only as a 1980's "scream queen", where she always adopted this intentional bad-acting schtick, (which I assumed covered up a total lack of talent) in countless "horror" movies that in turn used her and other half-naked "scream queens" to cover up the fact that they were completely worthless dreck. Quigley looks really good here despite (certainly not because of)the degrading nature of the scene, but what is REALLY impressive, even in such a small role as this, is her acting. I don't want to make outlandish claims that she deserved an Academy-award nomination or anything, but how many Academy-award nominated actresses would have had the guts to do something like this? And how many of her fellow "scream queens" could have possibly pulled it off? This movie is not very good, but it is kind of interesting.
epeteet
I knew this one would be total garbage but it's cover is so hilarious i had to get it. I'm actually glad I did. while this sleazy cheapo is so far from being good it was actually kinda fun for laughs over a few cold ones. Actually to be honest this one about killed a whole case of brew. The beginning actually started off excellent with some really psychotic scenes of attempted mackin, a really funny flash back, and even some messed up nudity. There was also an insanely hilarious country tune. If that type of stuff would have kept up this could have easily earned an eight star rating. unfortunately it gets pretty boring quick. I was starting to get pretty burnt out on it but the madness picks back up towards the end with nudity, the sleaziest dance scene i've ever seen, and a funny ending. Recommended for fans of total 70's z-grade trash only! If you wanna watch a good piece of trash about a deranged psycho i'd definitely recommend MANIAC before this one.
mr_facehead
This film is so bad, i did not believe what i was seeing. i paid £1 for this, and if you are someone who doesn't find bad films funny, you would probably want your money back, as it is not even worth 1p. fortunately, i do find bad films funny, and i would be happy to pay £10 for this. An average day, ordinary man, is in a bar, and he starts talking to the barman. in the middle of the conversation, he has a flashback, where his mum shouts at him, this is accompanied by some music, that sounds like a narrator, singing his lines. Note: the flash back was not triggered by nothing whatsoever, he just had a flash back. the flash backs happen in random places every now and then. that is the worst thing ever! dance! the acting is amazing. weeler is supposed to be some crazy psychopath, but he just looks like some dick doing random stuff, and having flashbacks. and best actor in the film. (he only kills one person) the plot is very loose. throughout the film, this one man is chasing another man, at one point the man being chased, gets tired, and lays down. this allows the other man to catch up. however he is also tired, and lays on top of the man he is chasing, he then gets away. the chase music, is intense, but sometimes, they run out of intense music, and put in some spare music, which makes it sound like a chase from a comedy film. my favorite bit, is dance! weeler goes into this place, and hits a man with a bottle, which actually has no sound, usually you can hear the glass smashing, but not in this film. then, he pours himself a drink, which he barley drinks any of, most of it goes over a woman's head, whilst he is telling her to dance. the word dance is used about a million times. he says dance over and over again. then walks out. at the end, a sheriff drives along, gets out of his car, and shoots weeler. end. as bad as the story, acting, directing, music, and sound is, the editing is also terrible. in one part, it cuts to the next scene, and then you see a brief second of the last scene, i cant believe they left that like that. i could go on forever telling you about this, one day, they should release it on DVD, and let me do commentary for it. when i see bad films, i think, thats the worst thing ever. but no. this film really is, you have to trust me, no matter how bad other films are, they cant be as bad as the butcher.ha ha, evil + hate = killer.the mask on the box isn't in the film.
