Jun 2019
When this movie first came across my radar some years ago I immediately sought it out being an obsessive fan of all things terrible, '80s, and slasher. So, this being a terrible '80s slasher it was right up my alley, but I came away disappointed. Watched it again last night, and found a new level of appreciation for it.
Every once in a while a movie will come along and make you wonder to yourself, "How in the hell did this get made?!" Ogroff, AKA Mad Mutilator, is one such film.
Shot on Super 8, without sound, a plot, or anything semi professional or even normal that one expects in a movie, this is a true "No budget" atrocity in every sense of the word. The title character Ogroff owns a patch of woodland and anyone who passes through the area gets chopped up with his axe. Ogroff's mask is clearly inspired by the previous year's Friday the 13th III where Jason finally gets the hockey mask. Ogroff also has a shack in the woods, ripped straight from Friday 2, except the interior is decorated to give it a bit of a Texas Chain Saw Massacre feel.
Anyway, endless chase scenes ensue, cue creepy electronic music soundtrack, some intentional comedy - my favorite bit was, while said creepy electronic music plays, Ogroff steps on and crushes a music recorder that belonged to some dead teens, and the music stops! The scene made it seem as if the music was the score to the film, not emerging from the recorder! Pretty hilarious. Another great bit of comedy comes after Ogroff decides to start hacking away at a car with his axe where one of his potential victims was hiding. The thing is though, he killed the girl but had so much pent up aggression (I guess) we watch him continue to swing his axe at the car for an additional five long minutes!
Later in the film, Ogroff's dozens and dozens of victims randomly come back from the dead and it's up to Ogroff and another female victim to ward them off. The zombies actually look kinda neat in an almost Burial Ground kinda way. During the last five minutes of the movie, somehow Eurocult star Howard Vernon shows up and the movie switches gears yet again into avampire film!
This movie MUST be seen to be believed. It honestly plays out like someone's nightmare.
Anyone else like this loveable piece of dreck?
Every once in a while a movie will come along and make you wonder to yourself, "How in the hell did this get made?!" Ogroff, AKA Mad Mutilator, is one such film.
Shot on Super 8, without sound, a plot, or anything semi professional or even normal that one expects in a movie, this is a true "No budget" atrocity in every sense of the word. The title character Ogroff owns a patch of woodland and anyone who passes through the area gets chopped up with his axe. Ogroff's mask is clearly inspired by the previous year's Friday the 13th III where Jason finally gets the hockey mask. Ogroff also has a shack in the woods, ripped straight from Friday 2, except the interior is decorated to give it a bit of a Texas Chain Saw Massacre feel.
Anyway, endless chase scenes ensue, cue creepy electronic music soundtrack, some intentional comedy - my favorite bit was, while said creepy electronic music plays, Ogroff steps on and crushes a music recorder that belonged to some dead teens, and the music stops! The scene made it seem as if the music was the score to the film, not emerging from the recorder! Pretty hilarious. Another great bit of comedy comes after Ogroff decides to start hacking away at a car with his axe where one of his potential victims was hiding. The thing is though, he killed the girl but had so much pent up aggression (I guess) we watch him continue to swing his axe at the car for an additional five long minutes!
Later in the film, Ogroff's dozens and dozens of victims randomly come back from the dead and it's up to Ogroff and another female victim to ward them off. The zombies actually look kinda neat in an almost Burial Ground kinda way. During the last five minutes of the movie, somehow Eurocult star Howard Vernon shows up and the movie switches gears yet again into a
This movie MUST be seen to be believed. It honestly plays out like someone's nightmare.
Anyone else like this loveable piece of dreck?
