Aaron Sims, Alan Tuskes, Eric Bennett

While traveling through the back woods, a family road trip turns into a horrifying nightmare. Sound familiar? It should--after all, it's the basic storyline of such seminal horror films as The T...( read more  read more... )exas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. A loony matriarch and her clan of mutants hold off on doing away with pretty teenager (Tina) optimistic that she'll succumb to the charms of sensitive son Brain (he's the one with the head the size of a microwave) who desperately wants a girlfriend. Alternating between horror and humor, Skinned Deep offers up generous servings of bad acting, out-of-synch dubbing, and an outrageous storyline that is simply too unbelievable to explain (think John Waters meets John Carpenter). Still, there are some well-deserved chuckles, fun set pieces, and surprisingly creative special effects. Proudly boasts cast member Warwick Davis (Willow, Harry Potter) playing a dinner plate-wielding maniac. --Matt Wold

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R, 97 min.

Directed by: Gabriel Bartalos

Release Date: February 14, 2004

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DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005

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  • October 1, 2009
    Gabriel Bartalos is a very talented make up (Gore) artist. He has worked on many horror classics in his career. In this, his debut feature film, he rips every single one of them off. Apart from a few redeeming features, and I have to admit there are some absolutely fantastic scen...( read more)es here (Warwick Davis throwing plates, man with giant brain running naked in New York, Headless bodybuilder the 'Creator') it?s all down to theft. Having worked with Frank Henenlotter, Tobe Hooper, Stuart Gordon etc I can't help but think he has 'borrowed' a few ideas along the way. He has not one original idea in his whole body. Throw in the tiny budget and some terrible acting, this is not the greatest horror/comedy ever made, in fact the blatant rip offs for classics such as Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead etc is just insulting and although I quite liked the evil characters in this film, I would wager money that they are reject ideas from previous films he has worked on. Wow, I hadn't realised how much this film annoys me!
  • March 25, 2009
    This film is so awful, I need to split all the bad things about it into categories. so here goes:

    Filming: unprofessional filming, crap zooming, ineffective angles, even a grubby lens at one point!
    Writing: Extremely poor script, long scenes with hardly anything happening, confu...( read more)sing storyline, useless monologues.
    Acting: These 'actors' should be ashamed of themselves.
    Sound: so quiet you need to turn the volume right up to hear it. obvious lip syncing on 2 characters in particular, including the 'mum'.
    Scariness: hang on, this was supposed to be a horror?
    Killings: how the fuck can a kid say "haha u missed", then be realised he's been cut down the middle length wise. too imaginative.
    Characters: earns the half-star for the very memorable british midget that throws plates. honestly, the funniest thing i have ever, ever, ever seen. doesnt explain the story of the main killer whatsoever. use of pensioners in the film very confusing and an obvious sign that they couldnt find anyone better.

    my friend got this film for £1. He now wants his money back.
  • May 4, 2008
    Appalling excuse for a film.
  • February 20, 2008
    plates the midget. that is all.
  • December 21, 2007
    It has Warwick Davis in it has a midget who's special power being able to kill people with dinner plates. His name is Plates.
    Wow I love this movie.
  • December 8, 2007
    If it's horror, you've got to give it a chance :)
  • November 14, 2007
    this has to be the worst movie ever. not one of the worst,the worst.the director should b hung,drawn and quaterd
  • November 1, 2007
    Not interested. I usually avoid horror movies.
  • October 13, 2007
    it gets half a star because its not possible to rate this complete wank of a film no stars.dont watch...life is just too short

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