Rawhead Rex (1986)

Directed by

George Pavlou

Genre

horror film, monster film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 143 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pagan monster called Rawhead Rex is unleashed in rural Ireland. It tears through the countryside, killing people as a local family and a priest try to stop it.

violentgorycreepychaoticintenseatmosphericsupernaturalfast-paced

What happens

Rawhead Rex is a 1986 British fantasy horror film directed by George Pavlou from a screenplay by Clive Barker, based on his short story of the same name. The story had originally appeared in Vol. 3 of his Books of Blood series. It stars David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny and Donal McCann. The film focuses on a monstrous pagan deity's bloody rampage through the Irish countryside, with the title alluding to the folklore monster Rawhead. Pavlou and Barker had previously worked together on Transmutations (also known as Underworld). The film was given a limited release in the United States by Empire Pictures on 17 April 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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