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 PREMUTOS: Lord
of the Living Dead (Shock-O-Rama)
1998. Horror. 100 minutes. NR. Gore, violence. "For the most
gruesome special effects, you do not need Hollywood-- You only need Olaf
Ittanbach!" says the dubbed English voice of Olaf Ittanbach at the
beginning of the "making of" segment of the DVD, and I honestly
could NOT agree more! Olaf is god! Plain and simple, this is a work of
Cinematic Genius!
Nearly
every moment of this great film includes gruesome deaths and gore-filled
maimings. Don't let the cheesy cover fool you. None of the goons on this
redone-for-American-release cover is in the movie. Why Shock-O-Rama felt
the need to change the cover when they licensed it from
Germany
is beyond me.
This movie
tells the story of Matthias, a regular fellow who turns out to be Premutos,
the first fallen angel, who is reborn throughout time and no matter when
he's on earth, rest assured chaos is not far away. We see people getting
burned at the stake, gruesome wars, and a zombie filled dinner party that
gets out of hand! One of the movies heroes is a Luciano Pavoratti
look-a-like, which is additionally entertaining!
If you
don't understand that Mathias is having visions from his past incarnations
when jumping into this film (at least in the dubbed version), the movie
can get a bit confusing, but no matter how you slice it (and believe me
they slice it!) this is a stupendous film!
Dozens of quality kills, bizarre story lines, and
a cast of characters the likes of which the world has never seen makes
this a most memorable film! To top it off, they even offer up a kill count
at the end; so don't even bother counting! From the moment an axe is flung
into a guy's eye, I knew this would be a classic.
In
the few short weeks I have had this great splatter masterpiece, I have
forced it upon half a dozen others and all have loved it! -- Okay, I know
I sound like a Premutos commercial here, but I mean it all. This isn't
some bullshit Colgate commercial, this is the SHIT!
One thing I want to bring up is the movie
is offered in German or dubbed in English. It’s too bad a German with
English subtitles isn’t available as an option because the dubbed
English version had way fewer cool sound effects. For example, in the
scene where a lady gets burned at the stake, we hear her yell and moan on
occasion, but the crackling fire is strangely silent. Leave it to the
Germans to outshine American horror tenfold!
I could go on and on about this great movie all
day long, but rather than do that, I urge you to rent it, buy it, seek it
out! Find it, whatever it takes, and watch this movie! If you don't,
Premutos and I will hunt you down and kill you with our zombie mod squad!
The Whore of Horror has spoken, and so it
is done! -Amy Bugbee
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