Hellroller (1992 Video) User Reviews (12)

I mean, a handi-capable slasher

[BandSAboutMovies · 2/10 · 31 October 2021]

I'd like to know how Gary J. Levinson was able to get Michelle Bauer, Hyapatia Lee, Elizabeth Kaitan and Mary Woronov* to appear in his movie about a wheelchair bound slasher.

Our wheelchair slasher Eugene was made a paraplegic when his mother dropped him while she was being assaulted and murdered by a set of conjoined twins, then he was raised on the streets by his drunk aunt who also gets raped and killed, so that finally sets him on the path of revenge against anyone who can walk.

This movie, while horrifically bad, was stolen by another label and the case went the whole way to court. The People's Court. You can't invent things like that.

Only watch this if you hate yourself, if you want to write as many slasher articles as possible or both of these facts.

*She's in the IMDB credits but I don't see her anywhere in here.

My search is finally over!

[Kastore · 1/10 · 29 July 2002]

***SLIGHT SPOILERS*** For the better part of two years now, I have been hunting for the worst horror movie ever made. First, I thought it was "The Crawlers" (aka "Troll 3"). Then, I though it was "Horror House on Highway Five", which left "The Crawlers" in the dust in terms of sheer badness. But now I have seen the light, and I recognize the fact that the Absolute Worst Horror Movie Ever Made is "Hellroller".

First of all, I'm stumped as to what this thing was actually shot on. It's not film, but it doesn't look like video either. All of the visual effects anybody can do with a standard camcorder and home computer film editor. And it's chock-full of bad blaxploitation-style editing, where it's painfully obvious that a scene was shot at two or more completely different times, and the actors are not in the same place from one shot to the next.

The movie itself is about a wheelchair-bound homeless maniac with a bad twitch who wants to get revenge on the 'beautiful people'. I'm all but convinced that most of the cast was played by actual bums and prostitutes, which explains why some of the acting seems actually to be good because the people are just playing themselves. The murder scenes are nothing but laughable, the best being when the 'Hellroller' rams a blunt stick straight through two prostitutes' chests. The opening scene involves a flashback to the Hellroller's childhood when his crackwhore mother gets raped and killed by Siamese twin rednecks (you can probably guess how the twins' 'effect' was done). On top of that, the rest of the movie is supposed to be 20 or so years after that, but the Siamese rednecks are still alive and are servants to another character called 'The King of Bums'. The same actor who plays 'The King of Bums' also plays a mad doctor whom the Hellroller hires to invent a potion that turns ordinary people into bums (I swear I'm not making this up). Hellroller then somehow poisons LA's entire bottled water supply (not tap water, only bottled water because that is what the rich people drink), upon which everyone - even the newsanchors at KRAP 69 - amazingly transform into bums. On top of all this, the movie also includes two extended mindless scenes of a woman (Michelle Bauer) doing aerobics and another woman dancing alone in her room, apparently added in order to push the movie's length past the one hour mark.

But that's it. Right here and right now, I announce that my search for the worst horror movie ever made is over, because it is "Hellroller". There still might be a worse movie than this one somewhere out there, but I don't think I have the will to find it, or even to watch it. I'm afraid that if I ever see a movie worse than "Hellroller", it would cause me to lose all the rest of my faith in humanity.

Bottom of the barrel

[JHC3 · 1/10 · 8 August 2004]

Hellroller features Ron Litman as Eugene, an angry and unstable, wheelchair- bound paraplegic. Eugene lives on the streets of Los Angeles with his mother (Woronov). Shortly before her disappearance, she reveals to him that she is

actually his aunt and that his birth was the result of a rape. Her disappearance prompts Eugene to commence a killing spree. He is angry at society, women,

and...well...pretty much everything else. The film is peopled with repugnant characters that do repugnant things for repugnant reasons (or no reason at all).

The filmmakers apparently thought this would make for campy, humorous

entertainment. Instead, the picture only succeeds in being boring, insulting, and irritating. This is definitely one of the worst movies ever made, even by low budget standards.

Hell is where this belongs...

[Caine-2 · 1/10 · 2 July 1999]

Finally, the first film I would recommend to Adolf Hitler, or for that matter, anyone guilty of committing heinous crimes.

Forget death sentences. We should make convicts watch this film over and over again. Maybe that way, the crime rate in this country would lower.

This makes my list of the five worst films ever made. Love that two-headed redneck.

One of the worst horror movies I have ever seen.

[HumanoidOfFlesh · 1/10 · 16 August 2009]

Eugene is a homeless serial killer on a wheelchair.He is bitter and angry.After mom's disappearance Eugene learns that his mom is actually his aunt and that his birth was actually the result of a gang-rape by Siamese Twins.I ain't kidding.This is the start of Eugene's killing spree..."Hellroller" is a hideously bad and dreadfully boring horror film with some of the worst acting I have ever seen.I am quite tolerant person,when it comes to grade-Z cinema,but apart from two scenes of nudity provided by Michelle Bauer and Hyapatia Lee there is nothing to enjoy in "Hellroller".The acting is mind-blowingly awful,the gore is amateurish and the killings are laughable.They include disembowellings,double spearing,mouth stabbing and even the scene,when one victim is ironed to death.I still haven't seen "Killer Klowns from Kansas on Krack" or "The Dark Harvest",but "Hellroller" is certainly in my top five of the worst horror films ever made.1 out of 10.

Totally unique movie about a serial killer in a wheelchair

[bluty1 · 19 March 2004]

"Hellroller" is a totally unique horror movie, about a serial killer in a wheelchair. That's why I like this movie so much. It's not just another ripoff of every horror movie made before. It is different. The killings are way out there, like ironing to death!!! I never saw that before. The special effects are among the best I've ever seen. Wait til you see how magnificent Michelle Bauer dies, after she gets naked, that is! Speaking of naked, porn star Hyapatia Lee strips, before she meets her doom. In addition to a unique storyline, and amazing effects, this picture has one of the greatest horror casts ever, including Mary Woronov, Elizabeth Kaitan, Ruth Collins, and Johnny Legend. I had to hunt this one down, but it's worth tracking down.

A definite contender for the title of "Worst Movie Ever Made."

[capkronos · 1/10 · 2 November 2014]

Some guy who played bit roles in a few Fred Olen Ray movies decided to make a campy B horror movie of his own. He really shouldn't have bothered as this inept shot-on-video mess is a complete embarrassment. You may also notice a handful of 10-star reviews on here - clearly all written by the same person - trying to pawn this off as some cult film, but don't be fooled. This is as bad as it gets. Wheelchair- bound, constantly-twitching whiner Eugene (Ron Litman) and the woman he always thought was his mother (Mary Woronov under the name "Penny Arcade") go dumpster diving. She says "I should have aborted you!" but then confesses that she's not really his mother but his aunt and that his REAL mom (Ruth Collins) accidentally dropped him on his head when he an infant right before being gang raped and murdered by a set of Siamese twins. After the aunt disappears, Eugene goes to the rotten- toothed "King of the Bums" (David H. Sterry) for help, only to find out she's been raped and murdered, too. Already imbalanced and filled with rage to begin with, Eugene then sets out on a quest to "kick ass all over Hollywood" (i.e. go on a senseless killing spree).

Our paralyzed psycho briefly teams up with a mentally-retarded former film director named Donald (played by director Levinson) who was once "the Fellini of horror pictures in Tennessee." I've seen enough cheap horror films by now to realize the retarded director character is a dig at Donald Farmer. Just one month before this was released, Farmer released a documentary called INVASION OF THE SCREAM QUEENS (1992). Since it featured a photo of Michelle Bauer on the cover taken from this movie, Levinson and co-director Stuart Wall later took "Invasion" producer Sy Yudel on the TV show "The People's Court" (!!) and (unsuccessfully) sued him! So anyway, Eugene and Donald go to a gym and get revenge on a guy for calling Eugene a "crip" and throwing his wheelchair in a dumpster. Eugene then gets a knife from a woman and stabs her in the face with it. They then bust into the hotel room of world famous "model slut" Michelle Novak (Bauer), who's in town to promote her new line of swimsuits. During a scuffle, Eugene convinces Michelle to help him kill Donald and then turns around and guts her in the bathroom.

The lame murder spree continues as Eugene takes an axe to porn actress Hyapatia Lee after she dances, strips and showers, rams a broomstick through a pair of female muggers, kills a topless hooker by ironing her to death and rips out a guy's eyeballs. Sound gory? Sure, but I haven't yet mentioned that most of the victims aren't actually shown being killed, we just get to see the body afterward, including a hilarious moment where a dead woman holds an axe up to her chest to keep it in place. The staging and editing of these scenes is just pathetic. During the last few minutes, the killer goes to a mad doctor and has him whip up a special potion to turn normal people into bums but this idea goes absolutely nowhere. There are a few other useless subplots in here as well, mostly revolving around a couple of TV newscasters making dumb jokes about Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy and interviewing people saying degrading things about homeless people.

Aside from Bauer and Lee's nude scenes, the only other good thing about this movie is the surprisingly good music. Seeing how no one is credited with the score, they probably stole it from somewhere else. As far as the photography is concerned, it's so blurry and poorly lit you'd have to have no understanding of how to work a simple camera for it to end up looking this bad. I set up better-looking shots with a 100 camcorder and a lamp when I was 8 years old.

Incredibly original, very sick horror classic.

[yraggx · 10/10 · 17 March 2004]

I stumbled on "Hellroller" in the cult section of a video store. The box was amazing, so I figured I'd check it out. I'd heard of this movie, and the plot, a serial killer in a wheelchair, is definitely unique. I wasn't dissapointed. It starts out fast, and is non-stop, one beautiful chick after another getting slaughtered by the wheelchair killer, who does them in in lots of weird ways, like spearing two at once, ironing to death, disembowelment, mouth-stabbing and more. In between the killings, Michelle Bauer and porno-star Hyapatia Lee get naked. Unlike many big-budget movies, "Hellroller" has no filler at all--it's non-stop from beginning to end. It's incredibly original, a very sick horror classic, with amazing makeup effects. It's one of a handful of my favorite horror films that I have to watch over and over again. This one is worth tracking down, especially with the amazing cast that includes Mary Woronov, Elizabeth Kaitan, Ruth Collins, and Johnny Legend.

Wheelchair serial killer

[chribren · 6/10 · 20 December 2013]

"Hellroller" is direct-to-video Z-grade horror film from 1992, directed by Gary J. Levinson.

Basic plot: Eugene (Ron Litman), a homeless angry maniac who's sitting on a wheelchair, gets to know that his mother is actually an aunt, and that his real mom gave birth to Eugene as a result of getting raped by Siamese twins. After the aunt's disappearance, Eugene sets out to take revenge on the society and the "beautiful people", mostly hot chicks who look like prostitutes.

Compared to the standard horror serial killers most of us people know about today (Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger etc.), I pretty liked the idea about a serial killer on a wheelchair. This is not something you get to see often. The plot itself of the film was also a good idea.

But then there's the amateurish content; How the scenes of very bloody killings were made were pretty poorly done, as especially the first killings were made off-screen. We mostly see the aftermath of the said killings. Speaking about 'kill', my favorite scene in this movie has to be when Eugene impales two prostitutes at once. I really liked the ending too.

Also, was it really necessary to have an at least six minutes of Michelle Bauer training and bathing, and later an another six minutes of porn star Hyapatia Lee dancing, stripping and taking a shower before anything happens? I mean, they look somewhat sexy, I have to admit that. But honestly I felt as if these two scenes were made just to stretch out the film's running time.

It should also be noted that director Gary J. Levinson didn't only directed the film, he also wrote, produced and even acted in this film. In the film he played as Donald who's first seen taking Eugene's wheelchair down from a trash container.

This film is not available in Norway. But if you like the original idea about a serial killer on wheelchair, no matter how bad the scenes of violence were made, I would recommend you to find and track down this film. Because of the said idea and the way the violence was made in this film in general, I'll have to give this film a rating 6/10.

Serial killer in a wheelchair, with awesome special effects.

[raczogg · 10/10 · 18 March 2006]

Since I've read so much about this movie online, I decided to track it down and see for myself what all the fuss is about. I rented it, and loved it. I prefer horror films that aren't ripoffs of other horror films. This one is unique. A serial killer in a wheelchair! That has not been done before. This guy is mad at the world, and he takes it out on everybody, well at least on every beautiful babe he can catch. He kills in bizarre ways, like ironing to death, disembowelment, double-impalement, and it goes on and on. The effects are among the best I've ever seen, and that includes big budget films. The cast is like a who's who of horror actors, including Michelle Bauer, Mary Woronov, Elizabeth Kaitan, Ruth Collins, Johnny Legend, and porn superstar Hyapatia Lee. Now that I've seen it, twice, plus a lot of slow-motion, since Michelle Bauer and Hyapatia Lee both get naked, I know why everyone is talking about it. There is no other movie in the world like "Hellroller." It's among my ten all-time favorite horror films.

Totally unique horror movie about a serial killer in a wheelchair!

[vindyla · 10/10 · 8 May 2006]

Maybe I'm weird, but I prefer low-budget horror movies, and I like story lines that haven't been done to death. "Hellroller" is a one-of-a-kind horror classic, about a serial killer in a wheelchair! The actor who plays the killer, is awesome, and the rest of the cast is just about every horror scream-queen who's ever lived. Michelle Bauer is there, and she ends up naked, as does porn star Hyapatia Lee. Also in the amazing cast is Mary Woronov, Elizabeth Kaitan, and Ruth Collins. Aside from one of the greatest casts ever in any horror film, "Hellroller" has all out amazing makeup effects. Many of the killings are way out there, like double impalement, ironing to death, disembowelment, mouth-stabbing and more. I've watched this movie five times, and I can't seem to get enough of it. Okay, it isn't a big budget movie, but it is a gorefest, with better effects than many of the big studio horror films. The guy who directed this has been involved in producing several horror films, including "Evil Spawn," "Cannibal Hookers," and "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers." He also has parts in these and other horror movies. He was one of the zombies in "Shock Waves." I'd heard about "Hellroller" for years, from horror fans who either love it or hate it. If you see it, you'll probably love it or hate it, but you'll never forget it. It is that farout, and I haven't even mentioned the redneck siamese twins!

One of a kind slasher flick, with a killer cast, and state of the art makeup effects.

[gorywon · 10/10 · 29 January 2010]

If you want to see this movie about a serial killer in a wheelchair, you'll have to hunt it down, but it's a search that I found well worth my time. I've been wanting to see "Hellroller" for years, and I finally found a used copy in a video store, and grabbed it. Where do I begin? Most films are ripoffs of other films, or sequels, or remakes. "Hellroller" is original, a serial killer in a wheelchair, outlandish to be sure, but original, and very well made. Despite its low budget, or maybe because of it, this movie has almost a documentary feel to it, as the crippled hero, or maybe antihero? wreaks havoc on the world of "normals." He's mad at the world, but especially at beautiful women, and he slaughters some of the most beautiful women in movie history, including Michelle Bauer, who gets naked in a bathtub, Elizabeth Kaitan, and porn superstar, Hyapathia Lee, in the best shower death-scene ever. The killings are extremely graphic, and shown in every blood-soaked detail. The carnage includes disembowelment, impalement, amputation, and ironing-to-death. The makeup effects are among the very best I've ever seen. I've watched "Hellroller" three times so far, and that doesn't include watching some of my favorite scenes over and over again. The director of "Hellroller" has a pretty lengthy resume, as a producer, and as an actor in "Shock Waves," "Evil Spawn," "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers," "Cannibal Hookers," "Modern Girls," "Armed Response" among others. "Hellroller" even has redneck Siamese twins! I'm not making this up. It's worth hunting this classic down.