Body Parts (1991)

Director:

Eric Red

Writers (WGA):

Pierre Boileau (novel) &
Thomas Narcejac (novel) ...

Release Date:

2 August 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The transplant was a success. Then the donor came to take it back.

Plot:

After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

Plot Keywords:

Body Landing On Car | Bone Saw | Decapitation | Mirror | Serial Killer

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jeff Fahey	...	Bill Chrushank
Lindsay Duncan	...	Dr. Agatha Webb
Kim Delaney	...	Karen Chrushank
Zakes Mokae	...	Detective Sawchuck
Brad Dourif	...	Remo Lacey
John Walsh	...	Charley Fletcher
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Ray Kolberg
Peter Murnik	...	Mark Draper
Nathaniel Moreau	...	Bill Jr.
Sarah Campbell	...	Samantha
Andy Humphrey	...	Ricky
Lindsay Merrithew	...	Roger
James Kidnie	...	Detective Jackson
Arlene Duncan	...	Nurse #1
Allan Price	...	T.V. Reporter #1

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #31110) | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Vista Street Entertainment

Trivia:

Advertisements for the movie were cancelled in Wisconsin due to the Dahmer killings.

Goofs:

Continuity: While set in New York City the door shields on the NYPD police cars randomly change from correct NYPD crests to generic 'Metro Police' crests.

Quotes:

Dr. Agatha Webb: Science, like nature, destroys to build.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Orlacs Hände (1924)

Soundtrack:

Star Bar Jam

Part-ially Hilarious!

I saw this movie in college and forgot almost everything about it except for the car chase scene with the handcuffs, so when I saw it again recently, I was pretty much waiting to see if it was as cool as I had remembered. It was, and there were other scenes that induced a chuckle in this cheesy entry. Jeff Fahey, who looks like a poor man's Ray Liotta with better skin and not as much acting ability, plays a nurturing criminal psychologist who spends his days dealing with crazy criminals who say f*ck a lot. After studying a dangerously wobbling wheel on the car in front of him during his commute to work in the morning, he is actually surprised when it snaps off and he gets creamed by an 18 wheeler. Maybe I was in a weird mood, but the sight of him flying through the windshield was unintentionally hilarious. After he gets the killer's arm sewn onto his stump, he begins to act strangely. He starts to cut himself and curse while shaving with the killer's hand. He cracks his kid in the side of the head while wrestling in the family room. He tries to choke out his wife while she's asleep. I found all of this to be really, really funny for some reason. I just couldn't take Fahey's performance seriously. What can I say? It just made me think of the Simpson's episode where Homer gets the hair transplant from Snake the convict. The gore effects where decent, and the sound effects, unusually enough , were very well done, especially the "flesh ripping" sounds that come into play later in the movie. I dare you to keep a straight face when the killer comes back in a neck brace and tries to get his arm back. He is silent except for his mugging face and gurgling sounds as he "takes back what's his". Yeah this movie is "bad", but if that is a good thing to you like it is to me, it's worth seeing. Plus, if you are an unfortunate Blockbuster slave who can't get movies anywhere else, I believe that this is one of the few horror movies they carry that was made before "Scream" and doesn't revolve around Freddy Prinze Jr. or star any Arquette family members. Whatever happened to the talented Mr. Fahey anyway?!