Rawhead Rex (1987)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
Release Date: Apr 17, 1987 Wide
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 3,092
Movie Info
A humble Irish farmer decides that it is high time to move that big old stone in his field that has been there seemingly since the dawn of time. This gory horror film, an adaptation from one of noted British-author Clive Barker's short stories, follows what happens next. No sooner does he move the rock when out rushes an enormous, blood-thirsty pagan demon, Rawhead Rex, who immediately goes berserk and begins biting people left and right. Among the bitten is the son of an American professor of
Apr 17, 1987 Wide
Oct 19, 1999
Cast
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David Dukes
Howard Hallenbeck -
Kelly Piper
Elaine Hallenbeck -
Ronan Wilmot
Declan O'Brien -
Niall Toibin
Rev. Coot -
Heinrich Von Schellendorf
Rawhead Rex -
Gerry Robert Byrne
Photographer -
Patrick Dawson
Det. Larkin -
Sheila Flitton
Nancy Power -
Barry Lynch
Andy Johnson -
Donal McCann
Tom Garron -
Niall O'Brien
Det. Insp. Isaac Gissin... -
Noel O'Donovan
Mitch Harney -
Derry Power
Sean Power -
Gladys Sheehan
Ena Benedict -
Gerry Walsh
Dennis McHugh -
Michael D. Ford
Gissing's Driver -
Dave Carey
Caravaner Gunman -
Bob Carlile
Garda Conroy -
Bairbee Ni Chaoimh
Laurie -
Liv Clausen
Hooded Priestess -
Bob Coyle
Larkin's Driver -
Peter Donovan
Liam Blanchfield -
Madelyn Erskine
Alice Gibson -
Eleanor Feely
Jenny Nicholson -
Maeve Germaine
Katrina -
Derek Halligan
Caravaner -
Julie Hamilton
Hooded Villager -
Simon Kelly
Neil Johnson -
Tom Lawlor
1st Man Possessed -
Cora Venus Lunny
Minty Hallenbeck -
Lana McDonald
Screaming Woman -
Frank Melia
Journalist -
David Nolan
Police Marksman -
John Olohan
Dennis Nicholson -
Vincent Smith
Survivor -
Hugh O'Conor
Robbie/Hallenbeck -
Mary Kate Ryan
Survivor
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All Critics (5) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3)
A terrible adaptation of a fantastic Clive Barker story from his Books of Blood. Despite the goofy mask the demon wears, Rex does have some teeth; it earns points for the Rex-urinating-on-willing-priest's-face scene.
I saw this when it first hit video, many moons ago. And you know what? I'm still giggling.
Audience Reviews for Rawhead Rex
Super Reviewer
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- Declan O'Brien: Get upstairs fuck face!
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- Declan O'Brien: God?
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