I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Having searched for this movie for well over 6 hours, I finally found it nestled amongst the annals of many of the world's most reviled films. Reading the description, and how the film was banned in multiple countries and was deemed an "atrocity of human decency", I knew this was exactly the type of movie I wanted to watch. Once it started, I quickly realized that it wasn't the content of the film that made it disturbing, but the fact that someone actually got it financed. The acting was embarrassingly bad, the dialog even worse, and nothing about this film left any kind of impression on me, least of all fear. It did have great special effects, and the blood was extremely realistic, but when that is the only redeemable quality of the film, you know you have hit a dead end in cinema. This movie is one of those films that deserves to be banned because of how horrible in quality it is; it was written & directed by people whose sole purpose was to shock and disturb, and still managed to f$%k that up. Do yourself the favor and watch some French Extreme horror and forget this trash was made. There are plenty of movies out there that are infinitely more deserving of your valuable time.

Wow - pages and pages of reviews for an independent movie that people seem to hate so much! I tell you, the worst disservice you could do to a film you dislike is to ignore it. Submitting so many reviews are really doing a service for the film, as more and more folks will begin to wonder what the 'fuss' was all about, and see it.Goody. I liked this movie. There are very few films on my 'short list' of flicks that I'm happy to watch and re-watch, but this one has been added. I see little point in adding more and more details about the gore and plot lines since a) I promised no spoilers and b) there's a few hundred people that already did this. So I'll just mention a few things that impressed me.The directing and filmography works. For example, the rapid dichotomy from gruesome torture sequences in a dungeon of horror switching to brightly lit scenes of innocence featuring young actress Jade Risser and her school friends creates an effect - kind of like hot chocolate floats from Carvel - the contrast between the hot chocolate and cold vanilla ice cream is simply splendid! And speaking of Ms. Risser, she does a marvelous job here. From her IMDb bio, I'm guessing that she's either decided that acting will not be her chosen profession, or perhaps she wants to finish school first. But I'd seek out more films featuring her, if any are ever made.The music score is present, and works nicely - from the heavy metal played during the torture sequences to the electronic soundtrack during the credits and chase sequences. I personally care a lot about the 'complete package', and a movie without effective music is, to me, like a day without sunshine. Dario Argento's many entertaining works are also masterful blends of music and horror - and Palumbo cites Argento as an influence.This film is not 'great art', and I don't think it was intended to be. I wouldn't even try to compare it with 'Silence of the Lambs' - a film like that was about plot and acting, but my two viewings of that one I'd say, were sufficient. This one isn't about plot and acting (though has both), but is about exactly what the title promises: Murder Set Pieces. We are promised that, and we get that. And there IS a plot, and there IS dialog, and some of the dialog IS actually interesting, and the psychological snapshots of the killer's mental state are useful for understanding what's going on with him. (See, for example, Argento's 'Tenebrae'.)And we DO get characters to care about (at least one, anyway), and we DO get a somewhat satisfying ending (maybe not the ending I would have liked, but it's Palumbo's film - not mine).I've loaned my copy of this film out to friends, and just about all of them enjoy it. That's why I was a bit surprised to see how it was trashed here at the IMDb, but like I said - it is probably a testament to the effectiveness of a film to elicit the degree of response it did.I shall be viewing this film many times again (and I've already watched it though once with commentary on - something I rarely do, since I usually find voice-over commentary to be boring - but in this case, I was really interested in what Palumbo and Garrett had to say about the filming of the scenes and their take on the movie and the characters). If I'm going to give any criticism of the plot, just for balance, then I'd say that I was bothered somewhat by the lack of police presence, as certainly the police would have been very involved in investigating a series of murders of this magnitude in a major city like Las Vegas (heck - the police are more present in the flick 'Fargo', and a small town like that has about two people on the police force and there's only ONE murder under investigation).So all I can say is that I recommend that you view this film, with the understanding that you know what you'll be getting - certainly not a film for the squeamish. And as for being 'scared'? Well - sorry, maybe I'm too old, or two jaded; I can't remember the last time I found any film to be 'scary' (horror or otherwise), but I've seen to many - I know all the tricks, I can't really be impressed (very rarely, anyhow) - but I don't need to be 'scared' in order to be 'entertained', and it's really 'entertainment' that I look for when I spend my valuable time watching a movie, nowadays.ews1212

Half-naked woman posing for a camera, bloody torture scene, naked woman posing for a camera, bloody torture scene, rape scene, car driving through vegas, naked woman posing, bloody torture scene, rape scene, half-naked woman posing for a camera, bloody torture scene, ... Combine this with a few incredibly poor dialogues, a few random references to the main character's obsession with nazism and the most primitive form of mysogenism and you pretty much get a summary of this film.Not only is this film too repetitive and totally lacking a story, it is even too meak for a real gore film (gallons of blood and a few cut-off heads are pretty much as much gore as you'll see). The only ones who could possibly like this film is those who expect nothing more than naked women, gallons of blood and a cute pre-pubescent teenage girl trying to act... especially if they have a thing for '70s "evil nazi" stereotypes.Unless you belong to the latter category, don't waste your time on this piece of junk...

This movie really ticked me off at the ending. I loved the murder/rape scenes, at least the beginning seemed real. The acting in this movie was horrible, and what were they thinking when they planned the ending? The little blond girl? She just makes her way to the middle of nowhere and hitchhikes? Wow. I want to know what made the girl want to try to "save the day" with her stupidity. It was not bravery. I was ashamed of the directing when she actually went down to where the Nazi killer held his victims. Since there was rotting corpses, and stale blood everywhere, wouldn't the smell be repulsive? I didn't believe she would just walk through and not puke everywhere or pass out. Why was she able to get away from him? I mean, wow? Again, her back was getting slashed up and she was able to run away, I believe she would be in so much shock, she would just pass out. When he cut her face moments later, how was she able to be clear-headed and stab him in the stomach. From the moment where he was having that nightmare by the pool or whatnot, I wanted to stop watching the film. Even the chainsaw part wasn't realistic! This was terrible and I was disappointed.