Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Woodyanders Ferocious demon Rawhead Rex (brawny behemoth Heinrich von Schellendorf in a goofy rubber suit) embarks on a murderous spree in rural Ireland after being unleashed from his underground prison. It's up to visiting American professor Howard Hallenback (an earnest and credible performance by David Dukes) to stop the bloodthirsty beast. Director George Pavlou brings an engaging B-grade pulpy sensibility to the enjoyably absurd premise, keeps the entertaining story zipping along at a brisk pace, makes fine use of the lovely Irish countryside, delivers a handy helping of gore, stages the attack set pieces with rip-snorting verve, and even tosses in a pair of utterly gratuitous, yet still welcome bare boobs for trashy good measure. Clive Barker's bold script provides a few startling taboo moments that include the killing of a little boy and Rawhead Rex baptizing a man by urinating on him. Ronan Wilnot contributes a deliciously hammy turn as deranged priest Declan O'Brien. John Metcalfe's slick cinematography gives this picture an impressive polished look. The robust score by Colin Towns hits the rousing spot. The tacky optical light show climax set in a cemetery has to be seen to be (dis)believed. A schlocky blast.

Fella_shibby RAWHEAD REX is a very cheesy old fashioned creature flick. The cheesiest 80s special effects imaginable. The movie is silly but it is SO entertaining. Although the ending was kinda dumb. Saw this in the late 80s on a rented VHS rental The settings right, with sweeping landscapes, dense forest, and luscious mountains are put on full display. But the films effects are shoddy, acting is terrible, and ending isn't all that satisfying. The creature itself maybe looked scary back then, although nowadays a rubber mask doesn't work too well. Very low budget. The main offender is Rawheads mask itself. Its cheap rubber mask. It just doesn't measure up to the more well-made 80s monster classics like Pumpkinhead.

dannyreillyboy This film is just classic. They tried so hard to make it 'professional' that it looks terrible. Its so obvious that this film was more about making the most of some sort of tax break or government incentive to lure Hollywood to Ireland (maybe I'm wrong) but this was never intended to be a masterpiece.Actors where terrible, scenes feel forced, film language is unnatural....storyline is all over the place BUT I loved it. Sit back and laugh at how poor this film is and I guarantee you will enjoy it. The scene where Rawhead Rex jumps out from behind the boxes and eats the farmer are hilarious but what follows is just brilliant. The monster breaks into the house and while the pregnant farmers wive is near paralysed by fear (or bad acting), Rawhead just spends the guts of 5 minutes in the kitchen wrecking and thrashing everything in sight (pointlessly).Perfect wind-down movie after a party or night out. A few of your mates and calm drunkenness highly recommended to get the best from this accidental piece of comedy!

microfame Though not without faults, this movie has some damned effective moments. Particularly chilling was the scene of the family driving away from the Rawhead-plagued village, and them seeing "something" large in a field, through a break in the brush and stone walls. When they stop the van, and begin backing up to "check it out", it's a classic "Don't do it!" moment. Of course, it's a fake scare, but then something bad does come to pass...In this day of everything being put out on cheap DVD, it's frustrating that this movie is not in production. I'm sure there's money to be made on a DVD re-release. They put out the god-awful Alien 3000, which makes Rawhead look like Oscar material.....