![]() ![]() A handful of cops have determined that the killer is either a member of student body or the faculty, and they need to figure out who’s behind the murders and the theft of dead body parts before whatever grim plan that has been put in motion can be completed.ĭid that sound interesting? If it did don’t worry, because the way Pieces presents the plot is the least exciting way possible. Pieces (also known by it’s much better title, A Thousand Screams in the Night) is about a mysterious killer on a Boston university campus who has been brutally killing beautiful young women with a chainsaw and stealing various body parts from their corpses. Sure, it came out almost a decade after Texas Chainsaw, but between the marketing “ You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre!” and the fact that this was released pretty close to the height of the slasher craze of the ’80s, all the ingredients were there to make a stand out exploitation flick. Pieces is a Spanish slasher made to cash in on the success of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And boy, did I just watch a sleazy trash flick. ![]() As someone who loves the slasher subgenre, more often than not, I’m watching sleazy trash flicks. So I know I literally just wrote about how well crafted horror movies can be elevated past dumb schlock that appeals to the lowest common denominator audience, but sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and watch some dumb, raunchy horror. ![]()
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