jamesgandrew
Razorback is one of my all time favourite Ozploitation films. It truly is an underrated gem with great cinematography, atmosphere and a fantastic score by lead member of Icehouse himself, Iva Davies. The cast and acting is pretty solid. Some argue the villainous characters were annoying, however, I found them quite unnerving and were arguably just as if not more terrifying then the Razorback itself.Russell Mulcahy did a splendid job directing wise and went onto direct one of the best fantasy films of the 1980's, Highlander!The filmmakers use the Jaws effect in that you only see bits and pieces of the Razorback. At times you can tell they only used the creature's head with only a few full body shots and some might find that disappointing. However the film mainly focuses on suspense and the fear of the unknown which is more interesting than showing off a fake looking puppet in my opinion.The film also has a dream-like artsy style at times, especially with its bizarre and surreal dream sequence. While some may argue it detracts from the story, I personally love the tone since it gives the film an intrinsic style. The style also makes the film more memorable then 'that movie with the killer pig'. I own the regular Blu-ray with a detailed documentary and missing gore shots that were cut from the film to gain a lower rating. I would highly recommend watching the film on Blu-ray since the picture quality is stellar and the special features are also quite good.I'm glad Razorback still has a cult following since it's definitely a film worth talking about. If you haven't seen it I would highly recommend it, especially if you love creature features.
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Hey, I'm not a particular fan of this movie, I'll admit. But I'm giving the respect it deserves, as being a true blue original, where it catapulted it's great director overseas with a block buster flick, that set off a franchise. I saw the R rated version of Razorback, and like me, you'll be able to pick up the extra gory bits. Judy Morris, playing an animal campaigner, donning an American accent, travels to the outback, not winning many fans you could say, gets on the bad side of two local dickheads (Argue and Haywood) for reasons, evident. There's been much disfavor for a local farmer (Bill Kerr) who's baby was taken from a razorback, but with no proof, all guilt points towards him. When Morris's character is killed by a razorback, raped prefore, by the dickhead duo, the husband if you can believe who (Trapper John M'd's Gregory Harrison) arrives, desperate to find answers, where a wonderfully rich, avenging moment ensues. The late Arkie Whitely, the only supporter of Kerr's innocence, brings quite a sexual element to the film (she was beautiful) in what is a very tense shocker, that again is a film of fine Aussie craftsmanship. Standout scene, has a guy's living room, dragged away from him, while watching Don Lane.
ebiros2
From the title of this move, you might suspect that it takes place in Arkansas in the Ozarks. But no, this movie takes place in Australia, and American actor Gregory Harrison plays the lead.The production of this move is not bad. Movie captures the atmosphere of Australian outback pretty well. But as the movie progressed, I started to hate this movie more and more. Why ? because the movie is not much about the razorback, but stupid humans trying to kill each other.It's well known by now, that using a robot animal to play a convincing role in a movie is pretty difficult from experience of director Steven Spielberg's "JAWS". So what happens in these lower budget animal horror flicks is that you hardly ever see the actual creature. And even when it appears, it's a dodgy shot in darkness with small part of animal shown or just the shadow of it is shown moving around.Unfortunately this movie falls right into this category.So there's not much meat to the story, and lot of fillers. Less than 1 minutes, of the actual hog is seen in this movie. Too bad because this movie had pretty good production to it.
TheDraytonSawyer
Razorback has to be one of my all time favorite Australian horror/action films. The movie is just so much fun to watch. The music is very creepy and atmospheric and goes mighty good with the film. Razorback is a very dark film about a killer razorback pig. Did I mention the special effects were very good for it's time. When you see that huge Razorback pig you'll be like, "Good Grief Mate!" It's just huge and full of so much detail. Too bad you don't see the pig close up in the movie much. It's one of the best killer pig movies I know of too; heck it's the only good one. If you're a fan of killer animal flicks or just like cool Aussie films, I reckon you should check out this piggy. It's worth a ride mate! Oink Oink!
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