Ogroff, also known as Mad Mutilator is a 1983 French slasher film written, directed by, and starring Norbert Moutier (as N. G. Mount) and Howard Vernon.[2] Its plot follows an isolated backwoods lumberjack who attacks and murders people passing through his woods.
| Ogroff | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | N. G. Mount |
| Written by | N. G. Mount |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Marc Georges |
| Edited by | Philippe Brossard |
| Music by | Jean Richard |
Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Cast
edit- Norbert Moutier as Ogroff
- Robert Alaux
- Françoise Deniel
- Pierre Pattin
- Alain Petit as Lumberjack
- Howard Vernon as Vampire
Production
editThe film was shot on Super 8 film[3] in Orléans, France.[4] The film's director, writer, and lead actor, Norbert Moutier (credited as N. G. Mount), was a video rental store proprietor who devised the film with the hopes of renting it to patrons at his store.[3]
Score
editIn 2018, Jean Richard's complete musical score was released digitally by Specific Recordings on vinyl and digitally via Bandcamp.[5]
Release
editCritical response
editJoseph A. Ziemba, published in The New York Times, described the film as a "gore-drenched... European pastiche of American slashers."[6] Promoting a revival screening, the Alamo Drafthouse wrote of the film in a press release: "Director N.G. Mount’s kinetic stylings rip-off any number of early 80s slashers -- and trumps them all. Mount’s madness on all visual, technical, and constitutional levels achieves an iconic trash perfection that is only equalled by fellow idiosyncratic filmmakers Nick Millard, Doris Wishman, and Chester Turner."[7]
Home media
editSee also
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- Violent Shit
- The Corpse Eaters, a horror film created by a theater proprietor for the sole purpose of distribution in that particular venue
References
edit- ^ a b "Ogroff". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020.
- ^ Pelosato, Alain (2018). Aliens, Mutants et autres Monstres: 998 films de série Z, B et mieux… (in French). Paris, France: sfm éditions. p. 115. ISBN 978-2-915-51220-5.
- ^ a b Scarecrow Staff (July 25, 2017). "Scarecrow Suggests: August 2017". CityArts Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Ogroff: Mad Mutilator (Special Edition) (DVD liner notes). Videonomicon. 2018. VNR0008-DVD03. Transcription of notes available here.
- ^ "Ogroff (aka Mad Mutilator)". Specific Recordings. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020.
- ^ Pipenburg, Erik (October 26, 2011). "Big Hair and Bad Blood: VHS-Era Horror Obscurities From A to Z". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018.
- ^ "BLEEDING SKULL! Book Launch & Screening: Ogroff". Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020.