Dr. Rage (2005)

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This review pertains to the "Unrated Directors Cut" Where to begin on a film like this? First of all I have seen many, many horror movies, but never one quite like this. You will notice from the first five minutes that this film isn't exactly a "Hollywood" production, but I tried not to let that taint my review. The film revolves around a taxi-driver who has a bit of a rage problem and instead of facing jail time, decides to do some medical "research" There are a few minor twists and turns that I will leave for you to find out, but the bottom line is this movie never reaches the high expectations shown on its DVD Cover. The special effects are OK, the last five minutes are fair, but the overall mood of the movie never really reaches full effect.If you are a fan of odd, low budget, dialog movies, then you might actually find this one somewhat entertaining. The added sex scene provides at least some sort of excitement to an otherwise dull production.My rating 2 out of 10.

Almost worth donkey dung. Based on actual events. Get real. A taxi driver, Michael Dare(Stephen Polk),accidentally harms a homeless man and instead of going to jail, his attorney(Karen Black)talks him into entering an anger management program. The program is carried out by Dr. Timothy Straun(Andrew Divoff), aka Dr. Rage, in an abandon warehouse. The beautiful Dr. Verger(Denice Duff)is his assistant that actually administers the treatments. Treatments? Painful injections that could possibly lead to torture and mutilation...in the name of medical research. Special effects; nothing special. Fear and interest factor are the same...none. Duff is the only reason to watch. Divoff is over the top to the point of being comical. Polk is credited with screenplay as well as producer.

This film is a must, if you are a fan of creepy and weird performances. Straun House, which is the likely title you'll find this under, was never as scary as it should have been, but the twists, and genre veterans elevate it higher than the norm. Andrew Divoff is does what he does best here as the creepy doctor, the lovely Denice Duff who is sadly underrated, and should get mainstream roles, plays her part well, John Kassir of Tales From The Crypt fame takes on the Igor role to Andrew Divoff's Frankenstein, and Karen Black is only in it for a short time, but has a secret plot twist of her own. First off just to warn you, although the DVD I got was Unrated, and promised a bloodbath, this film isn't very bloody, so if thats what your after, look elsewhere. With exception of a gruesome looking mutant, and a gory death at the very end, this film is pretty much bloodless. My main gripe was that the tension was never amped up as high as it could have been.If your into films such as Madhouse(Joshua Leonard), Re-Animator series, or Apartment Complex, you should enjoy Straun House. The films low budget doesn't hurt it at all, as most of the action takes place in a rundown facility, and there is no CGI, only old school makeup effects in a few scenes.

I think that the cover said it was based on a true story, but I didn't see it. This is a C or D level horror film with little going for it. An angry man is sentenced to work with a mad doctor to control his rage. The doctor enhances the rage to extract the rage through the sweat glands ala the funky Gatorade commercial colored sweat. The only thing that saved this film from being a total washout was the relatively good acting by the experienced cast. I wonder why they took this job? It couldn't have paid very well. Only two good things about this movie, the sex scene between Duff and Polk and the last 8 minutes with some surprise special effects. Dialog was crummy, camera work was crummy. Scenery was crummy. They even had a setup for a sequel.