The Mutilator1985
“By pick, by axe, by sword, bye bye!”
Directed by Buddy Cooper
The premise
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .
Horror Vault's take
A tragic childhood accident haunts Ed into his teenage years, setting the stage for a blood-soaked confrontation when he and his friends head to a secluded beach house. What begins as a carefree getaway quickly turns deadly as a killer lurks close to home — one with a very personal grudge. The Mutilator delivers old-school slasher brutality with an unnerving undercurrent of family dread, leaning hard into practical gore effects that earned it a cult following. Fans of gritty, no-frills 80s horror will find plenty to wince at here.
Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Disturbing Depictions Of Family Violence, Depiction Of Accidental Death Of A Parent, Sharp-Weapon And Hook-Based Kills
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