Rawhead Rex (1986) ***

Rawhead Rex (1986) is not a "good" film, but it’s awfully good fun. Full of hammy acting, cheesy makeup (though some of the effects are decent), and half-baked ideas—it’s more fun to laugh at than to glean anything thought-provoking from. It’s like a C grade An American Werewolf In London (1981) (review) and that’s OK—shitty monster movies have a place in the world too (and I kind of love this one). I do think that Clive Barker would have preferred for viewers to have a more meaningful experience with his story, which is why I think it could be adapted again with more successful results. (Whoever tackles it should definitely keep the golden shower baptismal scene though.)