Nutbag (2000)

A serial killer stalks prostitutes on the mean streets of Las Vegas.

Director:

Nick Palumbo

Writer:

Nick Palumbo

Stars:

Mack Hail, Renee Baio, Jenesses Kenney

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mack Hail	...	Killer
Renee Baio	...	Mandy (as Renee Sloan)
Jenesses Kenney	...	Motel hooker
Sally Graham	...	Smoking hooker
Alicia Murphy	...	Elvis hooker
Davia Ardell	...	Lollipop Hooker (as Davia)
Noel Rodriguez	...	Apartment manager
Alan Margolies	...	Cab Driver (as Alan D Margolies)
Aurora Cornwall	...	Elevator girl
Mystery Girl	...	Pig Hooker
Ivo Shows	...	Guy in park
Jaclyn Long	...	Girl in park
Jessie DeRoock	...	Young killer
Carrie McKinney	...	Killer's mom
Ralph Hodge	...	Boyfriend (as Ralp F Hodge)

Storyline

Nutbag is the horrifying, true-life story of a man who murders without provocation. The lonely, depraved killer stalks the neon city we call Las Vegas. Killing young women at random, there seems to be no end to his madness. Nutbag is a claustrophobic, ghastly thrill-ride that pulls no punches in its depiction of violence. Set to a haunting musical score, this shockingly gory film spins a frighteningly contemporary story of a modern day Jack the Ripper.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | prostitute | topless female nudity | tied to a tree | spreadeagle | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Fright Flix Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fright Flix Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)

User Reviews

Isn't 'nutbag' another name for a scrotum?

In Nick Palumbo's debut movie Nutbag, a screwed-up serial killer at work in Las Vegas (Mack Hail) attempts to bore horror film viewers to death by delivering 80 minutes of badly written, introspective dialogue, only stopping to off chesty bimbos in spectacularly unconvincing fashion, or to pet his tarantula Heinrich.

Hail, an imposing, broad-shouldered figure with a mean glare and shaven head, certainly looks as though he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, but he lacks the necessary acting chops to convincingly portray a multiple murderer, delivering his lines in a flat, monotonous manner that I imagine is meant to convey the emotionless state of the killer, but which, in reality, has the numbing effect of a heavy sedative.

Four years after he made Nutbag, director Palumbo gave the horror world Murder-Set-Pieces, another film about a crazed killer; that film succeeded by shocking viewers with an endless gallery of nasty OTT gore (provided by the talented Toe Tag FX team). Nutbug's kill scenes, however, are laughably amateurish, with several stabbings that seem to utilise a joke-shop knife (you know... the type that has a retractable blade), and a really bad throat slashing featuring a patently obvious prosthesis.

Admittedly, Nutbag isn't an entirely worthless experience (for blokes, at any rate) since it does feature an endless parade of skin from a series of hot, nekkid chicks. All I can say is that it's a good job for Palumbo that a city like Vegas has no shortage of big breasted strippers desperate to become famous, because without the gratuitous nudity, his film would be totally unwatchable.