Sometimes you’re watching a horror movie and something happens where you just kind of pause and say “ummmmm…..”. That’s the best way to describe it when I was about 11 years old and my Dad brought home the Clive Barker helmed, Rawhead Rex. It’s your standard ‘demon resurrected to bring hell on earth’ type story with a guy running around in a pretty bad costume and makeup taking out the townsfolk left and right. Oh, and he also stops by the occasional priest to piss on him for a baptism ritual too……
Ummmmmmm……yep – he just pissed on that priest. And the priest liked it. And what a stream on that Rawhead Rex, huh? Impressive. I remember arguing with someone later in life that this scene actually did occur. Now thanks to the wonders of Youtube, it’s proven! Rawhead Rex has some decent gore and I do highly recommend reading the original story by Clive Barker to get a better sense of what they were going for here with this ho-hum of a horror movie. This is one film that would definitely benefit from a remake by the way. Unfortunately, this cult classic is not available on DVD, unless you want to pay a ridiculous amount, but we can only hope that one day soon we’ll be able to view this wonderful pissing display in high definition Blu-Ray! So here’s to you Rawhead Rex, and your monumental piss…….