Entry #80 - Film #1: Unhinged (1982)

Like friend of the site, Behold My Giant Human Brain I am also doing a 31 days of Halloween for both celebrating the holiday and getting back into the habit of writing each day. I will be writing a short review or whatever it is I do, on a film in the horror nature everyday this month. Starting with today, which is...the first...of...October. Lets see if I can keep this up for a whole month, I am already busy with work and this play I am acting in. Any-Who!

For my first 31 days of Halloween thing, I've chosen a film deep within the vast Eli Osman.com video library, a film I know very little about, a film that was basically a blind buy, A film purchased from a pawn shop for 2 dollars...

Unhinged (1982) 

Directed by Don Gronquist

Unrated

80 mins.
Watch on DVD

Summary

Three college girls on their way to a jazz festival crash their car in the isolated woods during a rainstorm, and are taken in by a mysterious family in an old mansion. Little do the girls know, the family has a dark, murderous secret.

Random Thoughts While Watching

• This movies doesn't mess around, right off the bat with a nude shower scene.
• SHITS ABOUT TO GET UNHINGED!
• This film loves the overhead helicopter shots.
• Great synthesizer music.
• I see a door. I hope it doesn't get UNHINGED.
• If you see yourself in a horror movie scenario, never trust a person wearing flannel.
• Actually now that I think about it, never trust a person wearing flannel in general.
• Thats why I don't trust Richard Karn.
• Awesome, a long awkward diner scene. A very Terror at Red Wolf Inn like scene.
• Yeah old lady, you stare crazy-like at your food.
• "Did I ask you, SLUT?!"
• STOP PLAYING THE PIANO GIRLS, THERE IS A MAN STARING AT YOUR FROM THE WINDOW. HE LOOKS LIKE BE IS ABOUT TO UNHINGE SOME SHIT!!
• Creepy Moans. How very UNHINGING.
• You sure didn't have to unhinge these girls cloths for they be naked.
• "You really shouldn't be up here. You see,  the timbers inside the shed are unstable."
• SOME BITCH JUST GOT UNHINGED!
• So, this lady's dad raped some children. I guess that's pretty extreme for a 80's slasher film.
• Not enough Shit is getting UNHINGED. Come On.
• Way to Unhinge that girl with an axe to the face.
• YOU BE UNHINGED!
• I don't see any unstable timbers in that shed, only body parts.
• But to be fair they really didn't show the whole shed. There easily could be some unstable timbers somewhere in there.
• Actually this ending is pretty unhinging. 

Like most bad movies its about 80% boring 10% slightly-less boring 5% Pure unattended genius and 5% miscellaneous, costume design, and things. This movie is no exception. Overall its a pretty meh slasher film. Somehow it got Ban in England, but I think it was mostly politics and this was the newest slasher film released there. Its actually pretty tame besides the child rape back-story and the weird ending. The best thing about this is its length. Being only 80 minutes if your not enjoying it, you don't got much left. 

Grade: D