Best movie of this year hands down!

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Psycho Cop (1989) * 1/2 (out of 4) A group of college students decide to head out into the middle of nowhere so that they can drink beer and have fun. what they don't realize is that soon they'll be going up against a psycho cop (Robert R. Shafer) who likes murdering people.PSYCHO COP is a mildly amusing horror film that has a few fun moments but for the most part this film falls apart rather quickly for a number of reasons. It's interesting that the title would be PSYCHO COP since William Lustig's MANIAC COP had just recently made a name for itself but the two share very little in common outside of the titles and the type of killer.As far as this film goes, it follows the SLASHER 101 handbook rather closely as we've got the annoying teens going out in the middle of nowhere and of course they are given countless warnings about what's going on and yet they overlook them all. Before you know it the majority of them are dead. The death scenes are mildly entertaining as a couple of them have some bloodshed but there's no question that the low-budget shows.The cast offers up mainly bad to forgettable performances but that's to be expected in a film like this. Shafer (working under the name Bobby Ray Shafer) is good in the role of the killer but there's no question that the screenplay gives him some really bad lines. The one-liners are all rather annoying and it's also true that the characters are beyond annoying so neither of these help the film.

Review? I've mislaid it...maybe it's out by the pool! I can't find it anywhere...must ask Eric...but he's not here! Maybe he's out by the pool! I can't find him anywhere! Maybe I'll ask 'insert other name here'! But I can't find him anywhere! Maybe he's out by the pool!What's that noise in the woods - Who's that? Who's that? I know you're out there! C'mon Eric! I know it's you! You weren't out by the pool and weren't bringing beer and I couldn't find you anywhere...it must be you...Wait...a crap cop? ACting really badly? But not by the pool...what the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGHPsycho Cop is crap

Oh God, where do I begin with this one. (Deep breath...) I am shocked and chagrined that this masterwork has not seen the light of day for a DVD release. I would love to hear B.R. Shafer's commentary on how he came up with those hilarious one liners.In a nutshell, a group of personal friends run to the hills for some boozin' and relaxation. Their only two concerns seems to be misplaced beer and the caretaker. They missed one...a devil-worshipping cop who is on the loose and filled with one-liners and bag of tricks on how to kill. Officer Vicker's one line cliches are timely and very funny. The movie is not scary or frightening. It wasn't meant to be since it was written diligently by Wallace Potts on a weekend. It was directed and produced by Potts in about a fortnight. The attire worn by the cast is appropriate for an 80's slasher flick and adds to the air of comedy surrounding this film. The deaths. The deaths are silly, but he employs a variety of methods as a means to killing these youths. Especially when he rips a guy's heart out and follows it with "Have a heart. HA HA". This adds to the brilliance of this movie. I prefer this movie over Manic Cop by Bill Lustig.Overall, a night of laughter and comments like "I cant believe I'm watching this" will fill your living room as you watch this film.Score: 10 out of 10 -- NOTE: a 6 pack should be consumed before and an additional 6 pack should be consumed during.

Many horror fans out there have seen the cable staple PSYCHO COP 2 and probably wondered about the existence of the relatively obscure original. Well I found it. It sucks!Three unbearable yuppie college couples travel to a big, secluded vacation house despite the usual tell tale signs that they should go home. A psychotic, Satan-worshipping policeman (Bobby Ray Shafer), who walks like a robot (and gives a performance to match) does most of them in. The annoying characters constantly talk to themselves, wander off into the woods alone, guzzle buckets full of beer and whine about the feeling of being watched ("It's probably just a deer!"). People are killed with a knife down the throat, hatchet and crucifixion."It can't be!" screams the pot smoking caretaker before taking an axe to the head.The entire cast is terrible.Irritating!