Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Nick Palumbo

Writer:

Nick Palumbo (writer)

Release Date:

1 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The most visceral horror film ever made

Plot:

Set against Sun City, Las Vegas, "Murder-Set-Pieces" tells the story of a fashion photographer whose vocation is murder.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Blood | Camera | Chainsaw | Child Murder

Cast

Sven Garrett	...	The Photographer
Tony Todd	...	Clerk
Cerina Vincent	...	Beautiful Girl
Gunnar Hansen	...	Nazi Mechanic
Edwin Neal	...	Good Samaritan
Jade Risser	...	Jade
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valerie Baber	...	Charlotte
Natasha Bunker	...	Dancing Blonde Girl
Jennifer Cross	...	Basement Girl #4
Jerami Cruise	...	Video Victim
Jessie DeRoock	...	Young Photographer
Carmen Dunn	...	Old Lady #1
Shawna Edge	...	Bud Rider
Kylle Epperson	...	Green Ball Girl
Carrie Flaska	...	Basement Girl #2
Kendra Flynt	...	Baby Girl
Joan Gibbs	...	Old Lady #2
Casie Gillespie	...	Candy
Tanja Grupp	...	German Mother
Shawna Hale	...	Basement Girl #6
Andrea Hartman	...	Basement Girl #1
Jaremy Haye	...	Security Guard
Natalie Himmler	...	Halloween Girl #1
Liv Holley	...	Pole Girl
Christina Holsinger	...	Hooker #3
Shelby Jackson	...	Dildo Girl #2
Shawna Jacobs	...	Ice Cream Girl #1
Jamie Jent	...	High Chair Girl #2
Karri Jonas	...	Halloween Girl #5
Hannah Keough	...	Halloween Girl #3
Maria Keough	...	Little Girl on Bus
Stacy Kushniruk	...	Basement Girl #5
Shandee Lang	...	High Chair Girl #1
Danyel Makenna	...	Bus Rider
Rob Marchitti	...	Bus Rider
Jill Michelle	...	Various (voice)
Andrea Mitchell	...	Model
Crissy Moran	...	Tree Girl #1
Sarah Murray	...	Strip Girl #2
Stephanie Negrete	...	Dream Girl
Lana Stewart Nold	...	Basement Girl #7
Lauren Palac	...	Hooker #2
David Palumbo	...	Bus Rider
Jena Peacock	...	Mirror Girl
Amber Richards	...	Toilet Girl
Ashley Richards	...	Halloween Girl #2
Katie Richards	...	Megan
Janice Risser	...	Salon Patron #3
Natalie Scytow	...	Strip Girl #1
Renee Sloan	...	Hooker #1
Destiny St. Claire	...	Weight Bench Girl
Jennifer Stuber	...	Basement Girl #3
Brittni Truitt	...	Halloween Girl #4
Ashley Twigg	...	Chainsaw Girl
Jenna Velanni	...	Tree Girl #2
Fred Vogel	...	Masked Psycho
Shannon Weller	...	Ice Cream Girl #2
Cristie Whiles	...	Dildo Girl #1
Darren Williams	...	Masked Psycho #2
Sherrie Winings	...	Psychic

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly bloody violence, disturbing images, strong sexuality and nudity, and for language.

Runtime:

105 min | 91 min (director's cut) | USA:83 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Norway:18 | Ireland:(Banned) | UK:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (re-rating) (2008) | Italy:VM18 | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Fright Flix Productions

Trivia:

In director Nick Palumbo's Director's Cut of "Murder-Set-Pieces", the film opens up with one-of-a-kind 35mm footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. We suddenly hear a female child singing: "Just you wait a little while, the nasty man in black will come. With his little chopper, he will chop you up"! This is exactly what the little girls were singing in German in the opening of Fritz Lang's masterpiece "M" (1931)

Quotes:

The Photographer: In my mind's eye I light fires in your cities.

Movie Connections:

Features Triumph des Willens (1935)

No really, I want my money back!!!

I love horror movies and this was just terrible. It was ridiculous and an insult to the genre (and the audience). There weren't any good "jumpy" moments and the laughs we had were because of the things we whispered to each other because it was so bad. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting this movie to change my life but I didn't think it would be awful- and it really was. I know reading a bad review of a horror movie wouldn't stop me from seeing one but after seeing this, I feel compelled to try. It was pretty bloody, but you didn't see a lot of the murders. There was a lot of badly implied violence and a lot of blood. I can't write a real critique about the movie because I don't really think of it as a real movie. The plot holes were enormous, the acting was terrible, blah blah, blah. I guess there is something to say about the fact that this managed to be a monotonous, boring slasher film. I have seen stupid slasher films- but not one that was so repetitive and yes- boring. I also agree with the other review that it was gross for it's own sake and shocking as well. Some of the things that I am sure are controversial (people murdered and images in his dreams)seem to just be there because they can be or to try and prove something. I don't think they worked at all and I was mad that he would use them in such a cheap way. Normally, I think any film that makes you feel anything this strongly has to have something redeeming in it. Not this one, it was 2 hours of my life completely wasted.