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Skinned Deep

  • 2004
  • R
  • 1h 37m
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4.2/10
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Skinned Deep (2004)
A family vacation is turned into a nightmare when they are abducted by a family of deranged killers in this "Texas Chainsaw" style comedy sci-fi horror thriller romantic drama.
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A family vacation is turned into a nightmare when they are abducted by a family of deranged killers in this "Texas Chainsaw" style comedy sci-fi horror thriller romantic drama.A family vacation is turned into a nightmare when they are abducted by a family of deranged killers in this "Texas Chainsaw" style comedy sci-fi horror thriller romantic drama.A family vacation is turned into a nightmare when they are abducted by a family of deranged killers in this "Texas Chainsaw" style comedy sci-fi horror thriller romantic drama.

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    • Gabriel Bartalos
  • Writer
    • Gabriel Bartalos
  • Stars
    • Les Pollack
    • Aaron Sims
    • Kurt Carley
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    • Director
      • Gabriel Bartalos
    • Writer
      • Gabriel Bartalos
    • Stars
      • Les Pollack
      • Aaron Sims
      • Kurt Carley
    • 62User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
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    Les Pollack
    • Jed
    Aaron Sims
    • Surgeon General
    Kurt Carley
    Kurt Carley
    • Surgeon General
    Linda Weinrib
    • Gloria Jean Rockwell
    Eric Scott Bennett
    • Phil Rockwell
    Lee Kociela
    • Matthew Rockwell
    Karoline Brandt
    • Tina Rockwell
    Jim O'Donoghue
    • The Sheriff
    Liz Little
    • Granny
    Warwick Davis
    Warwick Davis
    • Plates
    Jason Dugre
    Jason Dugre
    • Brain
    • (as Jay Dugré)
    Bill Butts
    • Graine
    Geraldine Stone
    • Miss M.I.A.
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    • Big Joe
    Neil Dooley
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    Allen Richard
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    4Movie-Misfit

    What Did I Just Watch?!

    Sweet Jesus...

    While watching Skinned Deep I thought I was watching a bad movie from the mid 90's - but nope! This 2004 indie flick is so messed up in all departments, I actually couldn't even enjoy it as a so-bad-its-good movie!!

    While listed as a comedy horror in its synopsis, I honestly don't think it had the smallest bit of comedy in it during production. Only since its release and ratings do I believe that the word comedy was added to make it seem that all the terrible bits were on purpose.

    Taking more than its fair share of inspiration from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; House Of A 1000 Corpses; and Jeepers Creepers - Skinned Deep does have moments where it could have been something sweet, although had it been from a better director, editor and stronger cast! The acting is among the worst I have ever seen - I mean,dreadful - especially the mother of the maniacs, and how the they got Warwick Davis to do this I'll never know!!

    The camerawork is also dreadful with many dirty lenses and awful shots, marred once again by the bad editing. Is there anything good? Well, the FX work is very well done, with a great character in the Surgeon General - although they never really know how to use him properly, and Warwick Davis gets to play a mental ADHD fuelled crazed ninja-of-sorts who uses plates for weapons - it has to be seen to be believed.

    Skinned Deep is something else! Its confused, its messy, its funny for all the wrong reasons, and for me - its a hard watch because it seems like such a wasted opportunity. And I haven't even got to the biker pensioners yet or that bizarre twisted ending...

    This makes Godfrey Ho look like Kubrick!
    4dschmeding

    OMG... what did just happen?

    This movie starts of really bad like Troma wanted to make a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Rip Off. An incredibly stupid family gets lost in nowhere and meets a creepy family who happen to kill them. Creepy? I meant to write "cheesy"... there's an evil granny, a guy with a huge brain who adopts the surviving daughter, a hyperactive midget throwing dinner plates and a maniac in the vein of House of 1000 corpses with a bear trap in his face (and the subjective view like in "Predator"). Now when this isn't odd enough the movie puts scene on scene which just makes you wonder if this is a satire or a real bad slip on a Maniac-Hillbilly Movie. The gore is pretty rare and reminds of old "Bad Taste" days, especially with the exploding heads. But the humor is just insane in this movie... a bunch of bikers come to help the girl but they are all from the retirement home and call themselves "The ancient ones". Now you get exploding seniors and a senile bum beating up the midget and ripping his head off to play football with it. Sounds insane?? Then meet "The creator", a headless muscle hunk in a strip show style environment where his offspring breeds. He is not just flexing his muscles but also talking some incredible philosophic bullshit. Oh and his crotch sais "dyno-mite"... now guess what the girl finds in it later to launch some explosives and real cheesy FX?!? "Skinned Deep" is an insane or rather schizophrenic movie... it slides between classic horror, total trash (the bum fight reminded me a lot of the "Street Trash" style), over the edge politically incorrect humor like Troma delivers it and a mixture of real bad camera and effects and some pretty decent shots and splatter or explosive effects. One minute you want to turn the movie off, the next you smile because of the absolute insanity of it. The movie ends with the typical "sequel awaiting" finale but tops it off with the credits rolling on the girl screaming for several minutes in an incredibly funny way. I couldn't help but laugh there. If you dig trash with a strange sense of humor you might dig this movie... its different for sure. Anyway I don't know if I want to slap the makers for this piece or shake hands for creating something uniquely stupid that somehow managed to keep my attention till the end. I don't really know what happened here.
    AngryChairr

    Old people, gore, and a midget throwing dinner plates.

    There's no real plot to the movie. It's just a loose collection of ideas strung together in something resembling a plot. That ultimately makes it one bizarre movie. This rivals a Blood Diner or Ichi the Killer for just sheer strangeness. It's not necessarily good but it isn't bad either. I can't really score it as that would imply this is an actual movie and not some bizarre experiment in performance art gone horribly awry.

    The only real gripe to have with the movie outside of the fact that it looks like it was shot on video, is the aforementioned story. Really, it plays like three different movies. The first third is typical slasher sleaze, the middle is some bizarre form of social commentary, and the last third is a survival film. Really I would've tightened the script up and put it more on a Nightbreed route with the daughter eventually accepting the freaks and finish it out in a finale of bikers vs. freaks in an all-out war. But really I'm guessing that wouldn't have worked as it looked like their budget was already being stretched thin.

    Consider it one really bizarre movie that was too ambitious for its own good/budget.
    6RectalGORE

    A cheesy Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip off!

    Skinned Deep is a cheesy Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip off with a fair share of gore! It offers funny characters, a typical Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip off plot and an hour and a half of entertainment! Not only there is no nudity, there is also no sleaze climate. The story is about a family that consists of two fat parents, a young brother and a vegetarian older sister who happens to play the main role of the victim that is tortured by the typical deformed family! This deformed family consists of as usually one person who happens to be an old lady. This old lady also happens to be psychotic , but she looks normal, and a bunch of deformed bastards. One of those deformed bastards actually has a sensitive soul. Therefore, the girl victim takes advantage of his sensitive soul for her own survival interest. Later on, a bunch of funky old people declare a war on that deformed family who has killed their buddy. In a nutshell, I suggest you watch this cheesy flick if you enjoy b-grade cheese cinema! And no! It ain't so awful as the films produced by Troma!
    8ian-535

    mint film for all the wrong reasons

    This film sucks but is so bad its hugely entertaining. Wait till you see Brain for the first time - don't be drinking cos you will spit it out all over yourself.

    The family in the film must be the dumbest bunch of people ever assembled cos for them to believe the story that's fed to em is just ridiculous.

    The acting is so bad it rocks, the plot is off it's head and special effects are not special. The Surgeon General in it has the strength of ten tigers too.

    Watch it and love it for all the wrong reasons.

    Telling it like it is there.

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    • Trivia
      This movie was filmed without any permits (except for the explosions at the end). The scene with Brain running naked in Manhattan was not done on a closed set. It was done during rush hour at Times Square. Jay Dugre got arrested while filming that scene. He was caught by undercover police officers.
    • Goofs
      When Tina is smashing everything in the Creator's lair, for a couple shots you can see her wearing safety goggles.
    • Crazy credits
      The end credits have no music, we just hear Tina crying and screaming the word "no" over and over.
    • Connections
      Featured in Phelous & the Movies: Phelous Is Skinned Deep (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Brain's Theme
      Composed and Performed by Captain Sensible with Laurence 'Monty' Burrows and Erik Woods

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    • Release date
      • February 14, 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Без кожи
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Center Ring Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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