Pieces (1982)

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85 min - Horror | Mystery - 23 September 1983 (USA)

5.7

Ratings: 5.7/10 from 2,505 users
Reviews: 131 user | 87 critic

Young co-eds are being cut up by a chainsaw killer on a college campus. The killer is attempting to put together a human jigsaw puzzle made from body parts.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Christopher George	...	Lt. Bracken
	Lynda Day George	...	Mary Riggs (as Linda Day)
	Frank Braña	...	Sgt. Holden
	Edmund Purdom	...	The Dean
	Ian Sera	...	Kendall
	Paul L. Smith	...	Willard (as Paul Smith)
	Jack Taylor	...	Professor Brown
	Gérard Tichy	...	Dr. Jennings
	May Heatherly	...	Mum Weldon
	Hilda Fuchs	...	Grace - the Dean's Secretary
	Roxana Nieto	...	Virginia Palmer, 1st victim
	Cristina Cottrelli	...	Jenny, pool victim (as Cristina Cottrel)
	Leticia Marfil	...	Mary, elevator victim
	Silvia Gambino	...	Neighbor
	Carmen Aguado	...	Carla, aerobics instructor

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Storyline

While playing with a puzzle, a teenager is repressed by his mother, and he kills her and severs her body with an ax. Forty years later, in an university campus in Boston, a serial killer kills young women and severs their bodies in parts, stealing body pieces from each student. Lt. Bracken makes a deal with the dean of the campus, and infiltrates the agent Mary Riggs as if she were a tennis teacher and together with the student Kendall, they try to find the identity of the killer. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Carvalho, Brazil

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You Don't Have To Go To Texas For A Chainsaw Massacre! See more »

Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Spain | USA | Puerto Rico

Language:

Spanish | English

Release Date:

23 September 1983 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Chainsaw Devil See more »

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$604,510 (USA) (25 September 1983) (104 Screens)

Gross:

$2,032,311 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Almena Films, Film Ventures International (FVI), Fort Films See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min | France: 87 min | Greece: 90 min | USA: 89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The "look" of the killer was based on the comic book character "The Shadow", not as is often thought Italian 'giallo' cinema. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: At the beginning of the film when the mother is screaming at her son over the pornographic puzzle she mentions that his father is in the Air Force. In 1942 when this scene took place, the US Air Force was not yet in existence. The main US flying force was called the US Army Air Corps until after WWII. See more »

Quotes

Det. Lt. Bracken: The killer is someone that is either on or near the campus!
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Connections

References Deep Red (1975) See more »

Pieces (1982)
Mil gritos tiene la noche (original title)

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