Rawhead Rex(1986)
1986 · George Pavlou · 89 min
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
Horror
5.2149 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Rawhead Rex?
Watching this feels more goofy than genuinely scary, like a cheap monster-movie romp rather than something that gets under your skin. The pacing lurches between quiet countryside scenes and sudden rampages, with a big rubbery-looking creature doing most of the damage. There's some blood and messy kills, but the low budget and campy acting keep things feeling silly instead of dreadful. It's a good pick if you like laughing at bad monster suits and over-the-top gore rather than looking for real dread.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Rawhead Rex rates psychological 1/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A creature-feature that gets moving early and keeps delivering bursts of monster mayhem with only brief lulls before a chaotic finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3.
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