Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Nick Palumbo

Writer:

Nick Palumbo (writer)

Release Date:

1 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The most visceral horror film ever made

Plot:

Set against Sun City, Las Vegas, "Murder-Set-Pieces" tells the story of a fashion photographer whose vocation is murder.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Blood | Camera | Chainsaw | Child Murder

Cast

Sven Garrett	...	The Photographer
Tony Todd	...	Clerk
Cerina Vincent	...	Beautiful Girl
Gunnar Hansen	...	Nazi Mechanic
Edwin Neal	...	Good Samaritan
Jade Risser	...	Jade
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valerie Baber	...	Charlotte
Natasha Bunker	...	Dancing Blonde Girl
Jennifer Cross	...	Basement Girl #4
Jerami Cruise	...	Video Victim
Jessie DeRoock	...	Young Photographer
Carmen Dunn	...	Old Lady #1
Shawna Edge	...	Bud Rider
Kylle Epperson	...	Green Ball Girl
Carrie Flaska	...	Basement Girl #2
Kendra Flynt	...	Baby Girl
Joan Gibbs	...	Old Lady #2
Casie Gillespie	...	Candy
Tanja Grupp	...	German Mother
Shawna Hale	...	Basement Girl #6
Andrea Hartman	...	Basement Girl #1
Jaremy Haye	...	Security Guard
Natalie Himmler	...	Halloween Girl #1
Liv Holley	...	Pole Girl
Christina Holsinger	...	Hooker #3
Shelby Jackson	...	Dildo Girl #2
Shawna Jacobs	...	Ice Cream Girl #1
Jamie Jent	...	High Chair Girl #2
Karri Jonas	...	Halloween Girl #5
Hannah Keough	...	Halloween Girl #3
Maria Keough	...	Little Girl on Bus
Stacy Kushniruk	...	Basement Girl #5
Shandee Lang	...	High Chair Girl #1
Danyel Makenna	...	Bus Rider
Rob Marchitti	...	Bus Rider
Jill Michelle	...	Various (voice)
Andrea Mitchell	...	Model
Crissy Moran	...	Tree Girl #1
Sarah Murray	...	Strip Girl #2
Stephanie Negrete	...	Dream Girl
Lana Stewart Nold	...	Basement Girl #7
Lauren Palac	...	Hooker #2
David Palumbo	...	Bus Rider
Jena Peacock	...	Mirror Girl
Amber Richards	...	Toilet Girl
Ashley Richards	...	Halloween Girl #2
Katie Richards	...	Megan
Janice Risser	...	Salon Patron #3
Natalie Scytow	...	Strip Girl #1
Renee Sloan	...	Hooker #1
Destiny St. Claire	...	Weight Bench Girl
Jennifer Stuber	...	Basement Girl #3
Brittni Truitt	...	Halloween Girl #4
Ashley Twigg	...	Chainsaw Girl
Jenna Velanni	...	Tree Girl #2
Fred Vogel	...	Masked Psycho
Shannon Weller	...	Ice Cream Girl #2
Cristie Whiles	...	Dildo Girl #1
Darren Williams	...	Masked Psycho #2
Sherrie Winings	...	Psychic

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly bloody violence, disturbing images, strong sexuality and nudity, and for language.

Runtime:

105 min | 91 min (director's cut) | USA:83 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Norway:18 | Ireland:(Banned) | UK:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (re-rating) (2008) | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Fright Flix Productions

Trivia:

In director Nick Palumbo's Director's Cut of "Murder-Set-Pieces", the film opens up with one-of-a-kind 35mm footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. We suddenly hear a female child singing: "Just you wait a little while, the nasty man in black will come. With his little chopper, he will chop you up"! This is exactly what the little girls were singing in German in the opening of Fritz Lang's masterpiece "M" (1931)

Quotes:

The Photographer: What happens to you when you die?
Jade: You just rot away.
The Photographer: And you believe that?
Jade: Yea, I guess.
The Photographer: Remind me to take your picture sometime.

Movie Connections:

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Everything Begins with a Picture

In Las Vegas, a sadistic and psychopath Nazi photographer (Sven Garrett) has sex and takes pictures of naked prostitutes first and then he kills his victims. His girlfriend Charlotte (Valerie Baber) does not suspect that he is a serial-killer, but her younger sister Jade (Jade Risser) is afraid of him.

"Murder-Set-Pieces" is an extremely violent movie with free sadism and brutality. Unfortunately there are practically only lots of gore and many naked women in erotic scenes in the plot. The bold director and writer Nick Palumbo does not spare even children from being murdered by the insane killer, but the flawed sick story does not develop the characters well and seems to have the only concern of showing graphic violence. Further, in spite of the murders, the police never chase the killer. There is only a cameo of Cerina Vincent and Tony Todd to give their names to the credit and lure the viewers. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Estripador de Las Vegas" ("Las Vegas Reaper")