THE SEVERED ARM (1973)

[The Burgomaster]

Here's another one I bought from Super Strange Video (along with SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED, which I discuss in a separate thread).

A bunch of guys get trapped when a mine caves in.  Eventually, they realize they will die if they don't eat soon.  So, having no other food options, they draw lots and cut off the loser's arm!

Years later, one of the survivors receives a severed arm in the mail.  Before long, one of the other survivors is visited by a hatchet-wielding maniac who cuts off one of his arms.  The killer begins stalking all the survivors and severing one arm from each of them.

This movie is pretty bad, but I think if they had polished it up a little it could have been a pretty good shocker.  It does have an interesting cast, though:

* Deborah Walley, who starred in GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN and was also in some beach party movies.
* Marvin Kaplan, a long-time character actor who was also the voice of Choo-Choo in the old TOP CAT cartoons.
* John Crawford, a character actor who has appeared in a very long list of TV shows.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xithTLu1xUo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xithTLu1xUo</a>   

[Raffine]

Makes me wonder how much better 127 HOURS would have been if Franco had eaten his arm.

[Javakoala]

My question would have to be: Is this the unedited version? You will know by the attack at the radio station. It doesn't end abruptly and there is more grue. I've purchased copy after copy of this toilet floater hoping for an unedited version. I finally found one. But now I can't remember what collection it is in and I have around 5 different copies of it in different collections.

[The Burgomaster]

My question would have to be: Is this the unedited version? You will know by the attack at the radio station. It doesn't end abruptly and there is more grue. I've purchased copy after copy of this toilet floater hoping for an unedited version. I finally found one. But now I can't remember what collection it is in and I have around 5 different copies of it in different collections.

This is the uncut version.  I bought it on DVD-R from Super Strange Video.

[Javakoala]

Awesome.