Grotesque (1988) Reviews

a 1987 film focused around a special effects man and his family enjoying a nice vacation up in isolation, only to have it savagely interrupted by a gang of punks. It’s odd to see Linda Blair on the other side of the leather punk get up and even odder how much product placement was in the first ten minutes of film. Making his entrance to Lisa’s friend in a monster costume; the man shows his love for the genre of his profession. He even goes as far as making a home movie attacking and attempting to kill his wife, just to get a scare. Not realizing the huge pile of shit awaiting them, the group of punks break in to the household and take over with knifes and other weapons, looking for anything of value. Not listening to the constant promises of nothing valuable at the house, the group decides that if “examples” were made of members of the family, other people might give up locations of the secret stash. While looking for the money/dope/diamonds, they stumble upon a member of the family they DO NOT want to deal with in the slightest. A hideously deformed freak of nature are giving these wannabes a run for the money they didn’t even get; and once he finds his family dead, the freakish son will not take anyone alive. After being gunned down under the impression that he was the killer, the only member left of the family is left with no option but to take matters into his own hands; with or without the cooperation of law enforcement. The film's conclusion is in fact its climax, the best part of the entire film was definitely the last 10 minutes; so if this film feels like it drags on, stick with it.. it's got an ending that will leave you "disfigured".