{"id":52050,"date":"2020-09-30T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52050"},"modified":"2021-01-22T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:43:50","slug":"pieces-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52050","title":{"rendered":"Pieces (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That maniac is going to kill again. This may be the only way we have of catching him!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-179x270.jpg 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Poster-scaled.jpg 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nForty years after a 10-year-old (Alejandro Hernandez) brutally hacks his abusive mother (May Heatherly) to death, a spate of chainsaw murders begin occurring on a Boston college campus. Two detectives (Christopher George and Frank Brana) come to question the dean of the college (Edmund Purdom) and also meet with a professor (Jack Taylor), a groundskeeper (Paul L. Smith), and a student (Ian Sera) eager to help out. Meanwhile, more murders of sexy young women across campus make the case urgent enough to bring in George&#8217;s beautiful colleague (Lynda Day) as an undercover tennis instructor.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this cult film &#8212; &#8220;directed with a minimum of style by J. Piquer Simon&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;epitomizes the slice-and-dice genre.&#8221; He notes that while it offers &#8220;sex, some suspense, and a bevy of beautiful women&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle-432x270.png 432w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Puzzle.png 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-1536x958.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension-433x270.png 433w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Tension.png 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-1024x635.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-1536x953.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout-435x270.png 435w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pieces-Workout.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the &#8220;murders are too gristly for all but the hardcore fans of the genre&#8221; &#8212; and &#8220;of course, the subject matter is blatantly offensive&#8221;. While there&#8217;s some bad-movie &#8220;humor&#8221; given that Sera, for instance, &#8220;is able to be in a chipper mood 10 minutes after the girls he knows are found slaughtered,&#8221; this is really only viewing for a specialized taste.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><br \/>\nNot much of anything, unless this is your cup of tea &#8212; which it clearly is for many. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082748\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classic-horror.com\/reviews\/pieces_1982\">Classic Horror Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/pieces-1983.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2865\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That maniac is going to kill again. This may be the only way we have of catching him!&#8221; Synopsis: Forty years after a 10-year-old (Alejandro Hernandez) brutally hacks his abusive mother (May Heatherly) to death, a spate of chainsaw murders begin occurring on a Boston college campus. Two detectives (Christopher George and Frank Brana) come to question the dean of the college (Edmund Purdom) and also meet with a professor (Jack Taylor), a groundskeeper (Paul L. Smith), and a student&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52050\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52050"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65115,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52050\/revisions\/65115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}