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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Graphic Violence, Not For Children Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 05/16/2000 Format: DVD Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Diamond Entertainment Corp. Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Horror, Slasher Film See Also: Pieces [Collector's Edition], Pieces

With a tagline that reads, "You don't have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre," this Spanish-Italian entry into slasher film territory went on to achieve a dubious distinction as one of the most tasteless films ever produced. The bloodshed opens in 1942 with a scene of a little boy axing his mother after her discovery of him piecing together a puzzle of a nude girl. Cut to 42 years later and the little ax-man has moved on to chainsaws as he begins buzzing coeds on the campus of a New England college. Police Lieutenant Bracken (Christopher George) and his partner arrive to investigate. They find a trail of dismembered bodies that happen to be missing some parts and a group of suspects including a shady dean of students (Edmund Purdom), an anatomy professor (Jack Taylor), and a monstrous caretaker (Paul Smith). Led by beautiful undercover cop Mary Riggs (Lynda Day-George) and student-stud Kendall (Ian Sera), the investigation leads everyone to the killer, who has just finished adding the final pieces to his human jigsaw puzzle. ~ Patrick Legare, All Movie Guide

Christopher George - Lt. Bracken
Edmund Purdom - Dean
Lynda Day George - Mary Riggs
Paul L. Smith - Willard
Frank Brana - Sgt. Hoden

This notoriously gory horror opus gets a bare-bones treatment for its American release on DVD. Pieces has been given a full-screen transfer to disc with the audio mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. This edition is in English with no subtitles or multiple-language options. Cast biographies and a page of trivia facts are the only bonuses on this disc. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide