RABID GRANNIES (1988) – This review of Rabid Grannies applies ONLY to the original uncut edition, NOT the edited version distributed by the Troma Team. The uncut version is well worth watching but the cut version is awful.
The Troma label on display on recent DVD versions of this movie has made some people dismiss this as the usual Troma goofiness – fun and violent but not much of an actual horror film. Wrong!
This Belgian production is, in certain scenes, up there with Italian cannibal movies for gruesomeness and for unflinching violence and gore. The (very) dark humor adds to the overall feel of the flick but it’s not laid on by the ton like in other indie films picked up for distribution by Troma. Continue reading
