Future-Kill (1985)

The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.

Director:

Ronald W. Moore

Writers:

Ronald W. Moore (screenplay), Edwin Neal (additional material),

Stars:

Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns, Gabriel Folse

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edwin Neal	...	Splatter
Marilyn Burns	...	Dorothy Grim
Gabriel Folse	...	Paul
Wade Reese	...	Steve
Barton Faulks	...	Tom
Rob Rowley	...	Jay
Craig Kanne	...	Clint
Jeffrey Scott	...	George (as Jeffry Scott)
Alice Villarreal	...	Julie
Doug Davis	...	Eddie Pain
Karin Kay	...	Curious Bad Girl
Elizabeth Henshaw	...	Uncurious Bad Girl
Cathy Durkin	...	Julie's Friend
Kate Cadenhead	...	Helpful Mutant
Joe Abner	...	Fire Breather

Storyline

A group of protesters who call themselves "mutants" have taken over the inner city streets of a large city. They dress weird to try and show the effects of toxic poisoning. One of the mutants, Splatter, has really been affected. A group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank. They inadvertently get framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by a crazed Splatter and his gang.

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Plot Keywords:

mutant | splatter | fraternity | kidnapping | revenge | 

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Taglines:

The Stars of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" are back!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Splatter

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magic Shadows

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was given an "X" rating for extreme violence when it was first submitted to the MPAA; one slight edit had to be made to a single scene so the movie could secure an "R" rating.

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Goofs

When Splatter's head guard bursts in on the group near the end of the movie, he yells, "No, it's not over!" The next shot, you can hear him say, "...over," but his lips aren't moving.

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Connections

Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)

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Soundtracks

"The Make-up Song"
Performed by Max and the Makeups (as Max and the Make Ups)

User Reviews

A Death-Trap With Giger as Bait

I'm sure I saw FUTURE KILL for the same reason as most people: the awesome poster by HR Giger. And like everyone else, I was disappointed to find that the movie could not live up to the poster (Giger said that director Moore actually begged him to do it). When I first saw this, at the age of 14, I thought it was the worst movie ever made. I'd still think that if I hadn't seen certain movies on MST3K since then.

The plot has a bunch of annoying college boys driving into the "mutant city" to kidnap a gang-leader for their fraternity. That's when they meet Splatter (Ed Neal), a mutant/cyborg/psycho who kills the gang leader and blames it on the frats as an excuse to hunt them down and seize power. The rest of the movie consists mostly of chases. A hand-full of frats try to battle their way out of mutant city (which I think is supposed to be LA, even though it was made in Texas). There's some pseudo-political stuff about the frat boys' society being pro-nuclear weapons and the mutant-society being anti-nuke. There's talk of how Splatter became a freak due to radiation. Most people develop cancer from radiation, but splatter just shoots spikes and slaughters girls. Yeah, that makes tons of sense. At one point, our heroes rescue a mutant girl from two pro-nuke police, and she shows them "how the other half lives." The other half, it turns out, are all punk kids who dance around to a bad 80s pop-band. So our little epic is both dumb and dated. That's really all there is to it. Frat boys running around in messed up buildings while guys who look like bikers try to kill them... Oh, and it's the future.

I don't think you'll have any doubt about why Ron W. Moore never made another movie. This thing is a real stinker. If you like Giger, buy his books (they have the poster without the horrors of the movie), or just watch ALIEN again. FUTURE KILL is a waste of time that nobody needs.

If this description makes the picture sound good, there's another crappy movie that does the same thing, only bigger and better: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK. It's crap, but it blows FUTURE KILL off the screen.