If you're an 80's slasher fan looking for the proto-typical slasher storyline, this is a great hidden gem.
The Mutilator is the single house - teen/college friends out of the protection of "adults" - friends each go outside one at a time to die - type of story. It could be held as a model of the genre.
A kid accidentally kills his mother. This drives his dad nuts. Years later when the boy is in college, he and some friends head out to his pops' beach house to help clean it up. They think the dad has moved back to his primary place of residence, but no. He's in the damn garage! The film shows this straight up, so it is no surprise that the father is the killer. He kills most of them, one by one, and dies a grizzly death at the hands of his son and his son's virgin lover.
The acting is horrible. Genre defyingly horrible. The lighting is super dark. Tiny bit of nudity. The kills are actually really well done and brutal. The father's death at the end is awesome.
Just be sure to watch it in a dark room as it is a very dark film.
Actors: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers, Frances Raines
Directors: Buddy Cooper
Writers: Buddy Cooper
Producers: Buddy Cooper
Rip it or Buy it?
As far as I know there is no NTSC release of The Mutilator. You're going to have to rip this one or scrounge up the old VHS.
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