Straw Dogs

[Chatterer]

The movie that got banned in the UK for being too violent. They also say that its the most controversial observations on violence ever filmed, maybe so......but say that to Cannibal Holocaust. Sam Peckinpah, the director, went big after doing this film (his only horror film). As it says it has great violence, but it also has the worst rape scene ever filmed, it was brutal.

The bad guys in this movie were pretty crazy as far as smarts go, who would try to break into someone's house when they know they would be blasted into a million pieces. There were 6 in total, the funny one, the layed back one, the old drunker, the crazy one, the fatty one, and the serious one. My favorite being the funny one, I just loved the music while he was being killed, it was one of the greatest moments in horror history.

The first half of the movie warms itself up for the finale where the guy, and the wife have to defend themselves from the gang, one word...classic.

The film had a great cast, especially Dustin Hoffman, and Susan George as Amy (the wife who gets raped). Overall this film is a 'horror great', 10 out of 10.

The story goes that a husband (Dustin Hoffman), and His wife Amy (Susan George), move to the UK on account of the violence happening in the States. They hire some people to work on their roof, which goes from friendly neighbors to guys trying to break into his house.

[doomedbloodwork]

At the time of it's release, it was amongst the most violent movies, along with A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and DEATH WISH. I have read the novel on which it was based, THE SIEGE OF TRENCHER'S FARM, which is effectively the second half of the film, but there was no rape sequence in the novel.

It has been recently released in the UK on DVD, with some very good extras, including interviews, trailers and an old BBC B & W report on the film which lasts about 10 minutes.

[Chatterer]

Stanley Kurbick's Clockwork Orange and Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs have awlays rivaled each other, ya and its the BBC's fault in the first place that it did get banned. It might have been violence in it, but why ban a good movie?

[DeraiLer]

I recently saw Straw Dogs with no knowledge of it's controversial history and found it to be a cool film. I can see how it is classified as a horror film. There were scenes of despair and quite a few deaths. Dustin Hoffman was damned impressive. Good movie. I would rather place it alongside Assault on Precint 13 than Clockwork. Although i do see how it compares. The rape scene being one main factor.