Good recall, Matthew. I was confusing The Hatchet Murders with Bava’s Hatchet For A Honeymoon. And yes, Pieces is an unusually terrible movie, but very, very fun.

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Pieces is one of the funnest movies of all time. The kung fu instructor scene and Linda Day George’s screaming “BASTARD!!” repeatedly are classic moments.

Also, The Hatchet Murders is just an American retitling of Argento’s Deep Red. Who Can Kill a Child? was also really good, great ending too.

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Keven:
I haven’t seen Pieces, but it sounds like it might be fun.
I’ll check it out.
It probably won’t make the list though, because we already have a ton of movies, that we’re trying to get down to 41.
But I’m totally into the idea of people leaving comments, and recommending films that they love.
So let us know folks, what you think of the movies that make our list, and the ones that don’t.

Tim:
Thanks for the kind words.
I’ve seen “Who Can Kill a Child?” and thought it was pretty good, but I’m actually leaning toward including another film by the same director. Stick around to find out which one.

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This is a valuable public service–your selections are severed-head-and-shoulders above the usual “look, we have the rights to three of the “Halloween sequels” stuff you get on television.

Might I recommend a Spanish horror film released as “Who Can Kill a Child?” in the English-speaking world? It’s kind of like “The Birds”, but with eight-year-olds with knives as the unexplainable antagonists. And it starts with a narrator explaining that the most inhuman acts of war result in dead children–sort of a weird stab at artistic legitimacy before the children try to murder the protagonists.

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I have seen and own PIECES, but Rodney hasn’t. As one of the more goofy horrors I’ve seen, it may make the online list just for its bizarre non-sequitur nature (the elevator death, the kung fu instructor, the ending).

I haven’t seen The Hatchet Murders (I thought it was directed by one of the Bavas), but I’ve heard it was quality…

Thanks for commenting!

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I have a recommendation for your list. I recently picked a three DVD set from St. Clair-Vision entitled The Cult Horror Collection. On it is a slasher film entitled Pieces. Originally released in 1983, this Spanish-Italian horror film is set on a co-ed New England campus where a deranged chainsaw murderer wreaks havoc. A quite effective and very gory film that is above most horror flicks of the era. There’s also a pretty undercover cop, and trails of dismembered bodies. And the best part is that it runs just under 90 minutes, the perfect time for a horror film.
BTW, the set this film is included on has 13 hours of horror for dirt cheap, and even includes a film from Dario Argento entitled The Hatchet Murders. Great way to waste a few hours with some kitschy horror fun.

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