Luther the Geek

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Luther the Geek

Odd, original and entertaining horror. The film concerns the disturbed Luther, who witnessed a Geek perform as a child and also lost his teeth. Eventually the weirdo kill numerous chickens and 3 people, and is incarcerated for 25 years. Paroled, the first thing he does is tear an "old" woman's throat out with his homemade metal dentures and escape to the country to terrorize a woman and her daughter. He never speaks, clucking and behaving like a chicken. Surprisingly well acted, with great fx. Despite the unintentional humor provided by what must be the stupidest cop in the state, it's a very well made and interesting film.

Man, what an odd movie. It's one of those horror films that's so off-the-wall that I had to watch it more than once to figure out if I liked it or not. I have decided that I really do like it. Can you believe a killer with steel dentures who thinks he's a chicken and bites people's throats out like a carnival geek? Even if you can't, this movie is warped fun. The acting is pretty much top-notch in my opinion, and the gore FX are good enough to exceed the low budget. Interesting also is the fact that most of the movie is achieved without a whole lot of dialogue, making it all the more strange. And to boot we get some great nudity and sex scenes, as well as that sexy Joan Roth tied spread on the bed and gagtalking! Mm-mmph-good! A neat, weird little horror/exploitation movie that deserves some major cult status. What have you been waiting for? See "Luther the Geek"!

One thing I can say about this movie; it delves into the twisted psyche of a carnival performer like no movie since "Sante Sangre". Mid-grade slasher pic is elevated to another level by some instances of really mediocre acting and interiors that look like your living room. HOWEVER, the truly SATANIC performance by the Geek in question will blow you away. This guy actually seems to enjoy his job with finger-lickin' relish. Outside the realm of a normal slasher flick, and well worth seeing if you are into this sort of thing. Cockadoodle dooooo!

I won´t bother you much with the plot, ´cause there isn´t much in it. But then again if you skin the plot of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY it isn´t much in it either. So, all that is needed to be said about this flick is that it is one of the best splatter horror movies ever made. When I say this I mean exactly that. The point of good splatter horror is to achieve serious, dark and believable atmosphere no matter how much basic idea is laughable. I´ve seen a lot of splatters and almost none of them succeeded in it. There are only three acceptions to this rule. The Last house on the Left, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the third is Luther the Geek. If anyone wants to see suspenseful, visceral, violent and really scary splatter horror flick, go and see Luther in gory action.

All in all, this film could have been much worse. I make this assertion in consideration of it's genre. Scanning the shelves in your local video store's horror section, one can definitely see some truly larcenous attempts at the movieviewer's dollar. This film at least makes an earnest attempt at a feature. The shots used are stable, in focus, and decently lit. It also offers the obligatory (at least in any decent horror flick) female nudity and crudely created gore effects. While the plot is laughable and the pacing is horribly slow the movie is most noteworthy for it's revolutionary use of chicken clucking for sizeable amounts of on screen dialogue, truly one of a kind. Low budget horror fans should give it a peek.