A madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can ... Read allA madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again.A madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again.
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John Howard
- Leo Meadows
- (as Antoine Herzog)
Roger Watkins
- At Police Headquarters
- (as Ray Hicks)
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I recall this movie when it first came out. It was one of the worst movies I have ever seen, terrible plot and terrible acting made it one of the funniest movies I have ever seen as well. If anyone knows how I might obtain a copy of this movie, drop me a line. I collect only the worst movies ever made. Thanks
"Spine" is about a crazed killer who thinks every woman he meets is some girl he's looking for named Linda.Then he ties them up in bondage fashion and stabs them to death.Ultra-cheap and amateurish piece of slasher junk with terrible acting and dull characters."Spine" is rarely fun to watch and quickly becomes tedious.There is only one bloody stabbing and a tiny bit of nudity.I have heard that "Spine" is among one of the rarest slasher movies made in 80's.However after watching this SOV cheapo I was bitterly disappointed.Japanese pinku eiga/bondage flicks are far more entertaining.4 out of 10.Only for slasher completists.
"Spine" is rather spineless. An extremely cheap and mechanical straight-to-video slasher released in 1986, and directed by John Howard and Justin Simmonds. John Howard also stars in the leading role as Detective Meadows, a scruffy and belligerent officer who looks more like something that would be cooking crystal meth in a trailer park than anything else. He is assigned to track down a serial killer who has been butchering nurses. The killer has a thing for nurses and ties them up before exposing their spines and murdering them. He calls them all 'Linda'. So who is Linda? Probably his mother, but all shall be revealed. The acting, surprisingly is not even the worst thing about this one. But in saying that I have seen better acting on "Home and Away". The writing and directing is absolutely atrocious. It's also quite tame, in terms of the violence and exploitation, which was something I did not expect. Usually when something like this is weak on the technical side of things, it usually over-compensates with the violence etc. Overall, this highly obscure slasher should remain that way. Extremely amateurish and without any redeeming qualities, and as blunt and dull as a butter knife, to boot.
People always over rate the term "The worst movie ever made". I dare them to sit through this! I double dog dare them. After seeing this film there's no way on god's green earth that someone can watch anything and proclaim that what they saw was the worst movie ever.
Spine (1986) is a video masquerading as a movie. It look like it was shot with one of those bulky 80's camcorders acted by a bunch of people who are pretending to be actors and it was made by a couple of people calling themselves "directors". I've seen grade school plays that have higher production values than this "movie". I had the horror of seeing this video when a cousin of mine rented it ignoring pleas from the family. A quick synopsis, a balding weirdo torments women. Please avoid this video!
Zero, doesn't deserve a grade
Spine (1986) is a video masquerading as a movie. It look like it was shot with one of those bulky 80's camcorders acted by a bunch of people who are pretending to be actors and it was made by a couple of people calling themselves "directors". I've seen grade school plays that have higher production values than this "movie". I had the horror of seeing this video when a cousin of mine rented it ignoring pleas from the family. A quick synopsis, a balding weirdo torments women. Please avoid this video!
Zero, doesn't deserve a grade
This is a very poorly made film, with no plot and horrible acting. That being said, if you like to see helpless women, bound, gagged, and violated,(RATED R OF COURSE) this is a fine movie. Not that I'm into that, but I enjoyed the movie. I'd rank it right up there with BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS, and movies along those lines, or the XXX rated movies of the ZFX studio, though they are very hard core. Don't expect too much from this one though, because as I said this is a very poorly made movie. You will be using the fast forward botton a lot in this one. The villain is ridiculous but the girls are very pretty and do look nice all tied up and helpless,like I said (NOT THAT I"M INTO THAT OR ANYTHING)!!!
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- TriviaCo-director Justin Simmonds convinced his father James Simonds to play the police captain.
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- Calabasas, California, USA(hospital basement)
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- $20,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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