Rawhead Rex (1986)

Rawhead Rex (1986, GBR/EIR) C-89m. ** D: George Pavlou. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Cora Lunny, Ronan Wilmot, Hugh O'Conor. Barely watchable, unconvincing monster horror written by none other than Clive Barker. An ancient monster is resurrected and wreaks havoc on the population of a little Irish town. The police refuse to believe historian Dukes, who has seen it. Has some violent bits, but plot seems lifted off one of Barker's short stories, padded out to feature length by adding scenes about the police investigation (a completely needless touch of realism). After UNDERWORLD, this was Barker's second collaboration with director Pavlou. He went on to direct the smash-hit HELLRAISER (1987).


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