Body Parts (1991)

Why so much hype?

People are voting emotionally.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

When Bill Chrashank loses his arm in a car accident, he has the arm of an executed murderer grafted on in its place. The only problem, as he soon discovers, is that the arm is possessed by a force he cannot control.....This used to be a firm favourite of mine when I was a teen, here in the UK, it was a straight to video release, and not many people saw it, so it vanished almost without a trace.Seeing it almost twenty years later, it's aged pretty badly, and although it's a schlocky, hokey horror, it does take the main character too seriously, as supporting characters are a lot more entertaining, and make it the B-movie it should be.It's not Fahey's fault, he's a great actor, and can do nuts no problem, but he just spends the majority of the movie maundering around, cutting himself shaving, or shouting at his kids.The final third makes up for the dull first two, by going bonkers, and upping the gore factor, which, for 1991, is pretty graphic.So it's one of those movies that isn't as good as you'd like to remember, but still watchable fluff.

This was a really good gruesome thriller.Story is self was not all that great, A Guy loses his arm and He get's Killer Arm, which he can not control's at times.I like the fact movie flowed really well, there were not boring at all, there were some very gruesome deaths scenes, near the end of the movie, which I did not expect all at all.I really enjoyed the whole movie, I liked how the story ended.The acting from everyone in cast, well some of cast were really good, there could have been better.I don't know if was the acting or not, his wife really annoyed me at times.Overall I give this movie 7 out of 10 really Good movie.

This is more or less a 90's film version of the famous and often retold tale "The Hands of Orloc". Normally that would worry me, as I'm generally speaking not a big fan of the 90's when it comes to horror and I don't really like seeing classic horror stories ruined by this decade, but for some reason I had a fairly good feeling about this one. Perhaps because co-writer/director Eric Red proved already that he knows a thing or two about creating suspense and atmosphere with his previous achievements "The Hitcher" and "Near Dark". Or maybe because the only truly great version of the tale was "Mad Love" starring Peter Lorre and that movie is already over 70 years of age. "Body Parts" is a reasonably good thriller with a handful of memorable suspense-laden moments and gooey Grand Guignol effects; particularly near the end. The film starts at out somewhat as a serious toned medical drama, but gradually escalates into an outrageous mad scientist horror flick. When family man and criminology shrink Bill Crushank gets involved in a dramatic car accident, his wife Karen has very little time to decide whether or not Dr. Agatha Webb is allowed to try her groundbreaking method of transplanting a donor arm on Bill. The operation is a success and Bill can slowly pick up his career and family life again, until suddenly the donor arm begins to develop a sinister behavior on its own. Bill discovers he got the arm from an executed serial killer and fears that he inherited his murderous tendencies with it. Nobody believes Bill, not even the other patients who received donor parts from the same serial killer, at least not under some murders occur. The first half hour is talkative; the middle section is mainly tense and mysterious (with as a highlight a unique and adrenalin-rushing car chase) and the climax is grotesque and gory with a few very delirious twists. Eric Red's direction is surefooted enough and, although Jeff Fahey definitely isn't bad in the lead role, the show is obviously stolen by an overacting Brad Dourif. 90's B-movie queen Kim Delaney is underused as Fahey's devoted wife. Masterful score by Loek Dikker.

Losing a body part can cause a psychological effect on a person, somehow it can be more extreme than this. In the movie "Body Parts", a man loses his right arm when a tanker truck rear ends him, ejecting him through the windshield. The Results has good news and bad news: The Good News; he gets a new right arm. The Bad News; it belongs to an death row inmate who was executed. Worse News; he wants it back, along with his left arm and legs! Hold it! if he's supposed to be dead, how did he come back to life? The individual would donated the parts has got a lot of explaining to do. I liked the part where Bill Chrushank(Jeff Fahey) told her off. Then she later gets killed by the killer. Then there's the scene where he cuffs Bill and tries to drive his arm off. No success. Having his arm scared him and his family, after the killer is unsuccessful of getting his arm back, the curse has lifted. Life is back to normal for Bill and his family. Unlike "The Hand", "Body Parts" is more intense. So if anyone loses a limb, check the donor before surgery starts, and beware of seedy doctors. 2 out of 5 stars!