A most memorable line, “Bastard! Bastard! BASTARD!” reminds one of the classic “Oh. The acting is scene chewing it its finest. In the “so bad it is brilliant” category, Pieces takes place on what is supposed to be a Boston college campus, although Simón apparently never stepped foot into an American college – or any college, for that matter – with kids smoking pot and hitting on teachers right in the hallways. This Grindhouse masterpiece is loved for its unadulterated violence and uncanny knack for cheesiness. But one does not watch Pieces for its building tension or linear dialogue. The storyline for Pieces is a pretty obscure one, with an almost random smattering of scenes that barely flow into a cohesive storyline.
#PIECES 1982 TV#
Smith as Groundskeeper Willard ( Midnight Express 1978, Popeye 1980), Edmund Purdom as the Dean ( Herod the Great 1959, Don’t Open Until Christmas 1984), Lynda Day George as tennis pro/cop Mary Riggs ( Mission: Impossible TV series, Chisum 1970), Ian Sera as student turned amateur detective Kendall ( Mystery on Monster Island 1981, Extra Terrestrial Visitors 1983), and Jack Taylor as the all too serious Professor Arthur Brown ( Conan the Barbarian 1982, The Ninth Gate 1999). Mostly filmed in Spain, Pieces actually takes place in Boston, Massachusetts and stars Christopher George as Inspector Bracken ( The Rat Patrol TV series, City of the Living Dead 1980), Paul L. The surreal, unearthly music was composed by Librado Pastor ( Don’t Panic 1978, Extra Terrestrial Visitors 1983), while the gore-tastic special effects were created by Basilio Cortijo ( Slugs 1988, The Rift 1990).
#PIECES 1982 MOVIE#
Also known as Mil gritos tiene la noche (A Thousand Screams in the Night), the movie was directed by Juan Piquer Simón ( Supersonic Man 1979, Slugs: The Movie 1988) with a script written by Exploitation kings Joe D’Amato (as John Shadow – Beyond the Darkness 1979, Anthropophagus 1980) and Dick Randall ( Don’t Open Until Christmas 1984, Slaughter High 1986), while Randall and Stephen Minasian ( The Poseidon Exposition 1973, Space Warriors 2000 1985) produced. This week in Horror movie history, Pieces was released in the US on Friday Septemvia Almena Film Productions.