Mar 23, 2011 movie trailer this film is a hilarious spoof of the horrorscifi genre in the tradition of the rocky horror show. Check member ratings of bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh aka picking up the pieces movie. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh r 1h 29min comedy, horror 26 june 1994 portugal two cops and a detectives daughter go after a chainsaw killer. He is known for his makeup and special effects work on many films directed by george a. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh aka picking up the pieces 1989 two cops and a detectives daughter go after a chainsaw killer.
Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 bloodsucking. Yes, your boss really is sucking the life out of you. Picking up the pieces bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991. Bloodsucking bastards takes audiences on a hilarious, bloodspattered roller coaster ride in the most terrifying locale of all. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 a police detective jake dengel teams up with his buddys daughter susann fletcher to investigate cultritual mutilations. While watching the movie, though, i couldnt help but feel that there was a lot cut from this movie. There are no actual pharaohs involved, only a crazed figure in a fez who roams the streets of pittsburgh slicing, axing and chainsawing naughty ladies of the night, then absconding with various stolen body parts. Ive said this before and ill probably continue to say it every time i talk about a horrorcomedy because not only do i. Horrorcomedies are arguably the most difficult mashups to pull off. The only clues from the grizzly crimes point to a bizarre egyptian ritual for the dead. For me, personally, bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh is the better of those two movies based on its better writing, more genuine comedy, and not needing to resort to nudity simply as a means to keep things interesting. His film knowledge is sublime and he is a film hero to many. May 03, 2016 from the motion picture bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh also known as picking up the pieces starring veronica hart.
God sean cowhig, neil garguilo, brian james connell, david park, and justin ware, bloodsucking bastards is packed full of blood. Bloodsucking definition of bloodsucking by the free. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh trailer youtube. Bloodsucking pharoahs is a great film about a mysterious egyptian slasher terrorizing pittsburgh. Bloodsucking bastards works as well as it does by delicately balancing the two halves of its hybrid horrorcomedy genre. Romero, including martin, dawn of the dead, day of the dead, creepshow and monkey shines. Bloodsucking freaks official trailer a genuine cult item, this gleeful exercise in total grossout was originally released in 1976 as the incredible torture show with an x rating. Jan 14, 2015 the slamdance film festival taking place in park city, utah kicks off on january 23 with the world premiere special screening of bloodsucking bastards. Theres good gore effects, but this is a comedy, and the humor shines. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh aka picking up the. The jokes are great, offensive, and at worst flow sort of like leslie neilson in his glory days. Directed by dean tschetter and alan smithee, starring jake dengel, joe sharkey, susann fletcher, beverly penberthy a chainsawwielding killer is terrorizing pittsburgh, removing select body parts from its victims. It has been held over in certain theatres across the u. Factory, a leading multi platform entertainment company, has acquired the north american rights to bloodsucking bastards, a vampire comedy.
Written by newcomers ryan mitts just jamall 2010 and comic group dr. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 full cast. The film is a good blend of action, gore and comedy but it lacks that slight seriousness of evil dead or frankenhooker for instance. Logan, don brockett, michael eugene fairman, robert stoeckle, alan smithee, dean tschetter, bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991. I was pleasantly surprised, it was much funnier than i was expecting. Fresh blood in the management team takes on a new meaning in bloodsucking bastards, brian james oconnells horror comedy about a vampire. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 a police detective jake. They were scary and played with the audiences expectations, bpip simply sends up like airplane did or more aptly, a horror version of police squad would. When it becomes apparent that the killer is even using the same means as before, wearing egyptian paraphernalia.
Two hapless detectives, sweeney birdwell and joe blocker, are trying to solve a grisly series of murders involving women having parts of their body removed with power tools. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh is pretty average for the genre. The slamdance film festival taking place in park city, utah kicks off on january 23 with the world premiere special screening of bloodsucking bastards. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 watch hot english. A trip to pittsburgh s egyptian district leads our hero and a buttkicking meter maid susann fletcher smack into the killers hideout, where a bloody battle to the death ensues.
Last but not least, we take a look at a additional deleted scene previously mentioned in the intro. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 the movie. Two deadbeat detectives track the killer to egypt town where they confront deadly ninjas, tasteless cooks. Detectives sweeney birdwell jake dengel and joe blocker joe sharkey are called to the scene of a bizarre murder.
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Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 movie moviefone. Originally titled the incredible torture show, troma entertainment retitled it bloodsucking freaks upon its acquisition of it, and it is better known by that title master sardu and his hispanic dwarf assistant ralphus run a grand guignolstyle show in which women are tortured and. The film was limited released september 4, 2015, and through video on demand by scream factory. Two cops and a detectives daughter go after a chainsaw killer.
Evans the kind of guy who does all the work and gets none. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh film tv tropes. Although some extended gore scenes of the japanese vhs extended version did not make it into the dvd bonus features and eben though some of the longer plot elements are so superfluous they are not going to be mentioned here, there is a much longer version of the post opening credits kill. The film detective shows 31 days of horror this month. The film stars fran kranz as evan sanders, a lowlevel, dutiful employee stuck in a boring job at a soulkilling every corporation. You can find the complete horror listing at schedule. Fresh blood in the management team takes on a new meaning in bloodsucking bastards, brian james oconnells horror comedy about a. In the vein of 2004s horror comedy shaun of the dead, 2010s tucker and dale vs evil, and 2012s the cabin in the woods, comes latest offering to the genre, bloodsucking bastards. Sep 04, 2015 yes, your boss really is sucking the life out of you. Justin and neil play andrew and mike, who, like most of their coworkers, would rather be.
Bloodsucking bastards is a 2015 american comedy horror film directed by brian james oconnell, written by ryan mitts and dr. Originally titled the incredible torture show, troma entertainment retitled it bloodsucking freaks upon its acquisition of it, and it is better known by that title. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh was released in 1991, the year that the critically acclaimed multiple oscar winning film the silence of the lambs was released, taking the slasher film to a level of acceptance never before seen. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh poster, 1991, fair vic. Evans world begins to crumble when amanda dumps him and his boss ted joel murray hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 dtv noirish. Aug 30, 2019 bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Bloodsucking pharaohs from pittsburgh is a fine if only adequate cheesefest. The content in this video requires age verification. Show more show less in the same satirical spirit as hollywood chainsaw hookers 1988 or student bodies 1981, comes 1991 s esoterically entertaining splatter sendup bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh. Evans world begins to crumble when amanda dumps him and his boss ted joel murray hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis max. Reed that is arguably one of the most misogynistic films of all time. The film stars fran kranz, pedro pascal, emma fitzpatrick, and joey kern. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh poster this is an original production print 12x 18 of an unused vic fair illustration for the 1991 video release of bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh. An actionpacked horror comedy, bloodsucking bastards stars fran kranz as evan, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soulkilling corporation with his beautiful coworker and girlfriend amanda emma fitzpatrick and his slacker best friend tim joey kern. They arent works of art but suggest that the film makers were aware of the problem of gauge.
Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh by alan smithee, dean. Their appearance is somewhat flealike, and they are equally as swift in their movements and attacks. See the article in its original context from november 2, 1991, section 1, page 17 buy reprints. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh picking up the pieces. Rent bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh aka picking up the pieces 1991 film for free as part of our trial offer. An actionpacked horror comedy, bloodsucking bastards stars fran kranz as evan, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soulkilling corporation with his beautiful coworker and girlfriend amanda emma fitzpatrick and his slacker best friend tim. Le film devait initialement sappeler picking up the pieces. The film detective, the classic film and tv streamer, has scheduled for. Fran kranz, pedro pascal, joey kern, joel murray, emma fitzpatrick, yvette yates, justin ware writers. Brian james oconnels bloodsucking bastards is a corporate comedy where the newhires are also vampires, but remain, for all the occasional bigstake takeovers or explosions of blood, more like. Bloodsucking bastards trailer brings promise of blood.
Month, undefined, january, february, march, april, may, june, july. Being that it was released under a big name studio, my feeling is probably right. May 10, 2016 last but not least, we take a look at a additional deleted scene previously mentioned in the intro. It had its moments, and with savini doing the effect, most of the moment are good. Its clear the filmmakers intended this to be either a wild, airplane. Jake dengel, joe sharkey, susann fletcher, beverly penberthy, veronica hart, shawn elliott, pat logan, don brockett, michael eugene fairman, robert stoeckle, alan smithee, dean tschetter, bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991, bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991, alan smithee, jake dengel, joe sharkey, susann fletcher, beverly. I have been aware of bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh for years but i have not seen it until tonight. The cannabalistic crazies with a deadly appetite for life. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh 1991 0502 1991 us comedy, horror 1h 29m user score.
Bloodsucking pharaohs of pittsburgh 1991 the film detective. Aug 03, 2016 in the vein of 2004s horror comedy shaun of the dead, 2010s tucker and dale vs evil, and 2012s the cabin in the woods, comes latest offering to the genre, bloodsucking bastards. It was also very serious in tone, rather than the silliness audiences were used to seeing in serial. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh was released in 1991, the. Tom savini truly is the master and this film is a great example of that statement. With jake dengel, joe sharkey, susann fletcher, beverly penberthy. See more ideas about horror movies, movies and horror. Still, packinvideos japanese vhs is a genuine surprise and its great to see the film in a more complete version. In fact, it gets funnier as the chaos increases, offering up nice little witty asides such as when evan grabs a mug to throw at an enemy and is surprised it says harvard on it because no one who went to harvard should. Theres a little bit of it at some points done by tom savini over a weekend i assume but the focus is much more on all the running gags in the film. Joe blocker, joe sharkey is assigned to a case with his partner sgt.
When an office worker at a soulcrushing company loses a promotion to his longtime nemesis, he begins to fear for more than his job as strange disappearances and bizarre deaths suggest the office is turning into a haven for the undead. Sweeney birdwell, jake dengel due to the similarity to another case of his years ago. Chuck connors, brandon snyder, tim gross, daniel boyd, anna. This list includes films shot either completely or partially in pittsburgh, pennsylvania andor the pittsburgh metropolitan area. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time. Thomas vincent savini born november 3, 1946 is an american prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and film director. Originally entitled picking up the pieces and featuring special effects from the legendary tom savini, this first class mix of gore and guffaws makes its worldwide bluray debut from 88 films. This daffy, hitandmiss gore comedy was apparently conceived as a parody of herschell gordon lewis splatter landmark blood feast, which, frankly, represents too easy a target. Bloodsucking pharaohs in pittsburgh nefertiti restaurant.
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