Brute 1976

This "Movie" is pure garbage. There's the short version.

The more detailed version would be that this "Movie" is just a VERY badly done copy of other classic horror films put into a blender with their 20 percent of original ideas and poured into a pan and over baked until it looked like it failed on re-entry.

Example. If I was to say, do you remember that memorable scene at the end of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"? Well the brains behind this movie remembered it...and made sure to do it at least three times.

The script was written by a 10 year old...or an actual adult with the mentality of a 10 year old. The editing is a joke and a lot of scenes needed to end 2-5 seconds sooner, but I'm guessing they wanted this "Movie" to have a longer run time.

Example. The set up for the first two kills are blatant immaturity and work way too hard to be edgy, when it would have been way easier to do a better job while maintaining maturity.

The soundtrack must have been found at Dollar General since it's so cheap and generic. Clearly none of the budget went here. Imagine hearing your most overused horror "setting the mood" clip and then have it on replay for 90 percent of the film. Hell, one scene would have been way more effective if the blaring background sound wasn't basically saying "Hey, look over here!" I guess they didn't think that the audience would find it on their own. When they did (and they would have) the effect would have been a lot more creepy.

I'll throw in some positives since it does have a few. The cinematography is pretty well done most of the time. Whomever was behind the camera knew what they were doing (cannot be bothered to look it up). Hopefully they don't work with this writer/director ever again, since they deserve better.

Adriane McLean and Dazelle Yvette were the stars here. I felt sorry for their performances since the others were borderline okay to down right horrible.

I knew this "Movie" was going to be garbage within the first five minutes. Once you see where the plot goes (which is continuously into a brick wall, over and over again), my "10 year old" comment will make perfect sense. If you want to test your knowledge for what a movie should NOT do, then this "Movie" is for you. Although I can think of better things to do with that 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Oh, and those two high star reviews (1 9 Stars and 1 10 Stars) are clearly from the cast. Who they are is a mystery but they definitely are from the cast (an unfortunate recurring bad trait on this site).

I don't like to hate too much on films like 'Brute 1976'. They've set out to have a good time without being technically perfect or having the polish that a lot of the best genre films are able to achieve. You go in knowing you're not going to get a masterpiece, but you hope for a little better than this.

'Brute 1976' didn't do itself a lot of favours. Firstly it was too long. The pacing was brutal and these were not fun characters to spend extra time with. It would have been well advised to cut 20 minutes out and it would've been easy to do.

The villains could also have used some work. They're too neat and good looking. The movie even has to include a line about this at one point, saying something like, "Evil is on the inside, not the outside."

Then there's just the overall sloppiness. A lot of the movie takes place in broad daylight, so it is rarely scary. The gore doesn't do much to shock either. And the fake jump-scares it tries do not work. 4/10.

As I stumbled upon this 2025 horror movie titled "Brute 1976", and never having heard about it, of course I opted to watch it, as it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen. And given my love of all things horror, then I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch what director Marcel Walz had to offer.

Writer Joe Knetter sort of played it safe and cashed in on all the tropes that you most likely already have seen in movies such as "The Hills Have Eyes", "Wrong Turn" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Nothing original here. But hey, if you enjoyed the aforementioned movies, then you will definitely find some enjoyment in "Brute 1976" as well. I found the movie to be watchable, though a bit generic.

While I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, I will say that the acting performances in the movie were good. I do actually enjoy watching unfamiliar and new talents on the screen.

The effects in the movie were actually not bad, and they definitely helped to keep the movie afloat and keeping it watchable.

Watchable for what it was, but "Brute 1976" was not an outstanding foray into the horror movie genre. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, as there just isn't sufficient contents in the script to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of director Marcel Walz's 2025 movie "Brute 1976" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

I've been looking forward to this one for awhile now! With being a Marcel Walz fan I figured this one would be fun and outrageous!

I like that he uses mostly the same people in his movies probably because they understand his style of filmmaking.

This one you van tell was inspired by films like The Hills Have Eyes and Te as Chainsaw Massacre.

The cast did a remarkable job as well.

The kills and gore weren't as particularly nasty as what I was thinking it was going to be, but it ended up being just the right amount of carnage for this type of film.

Now if you have some of the directors other work, then you shouldn't be surprised to see a scene of male genitalia mutilation that's briefly shown in this.

Anyways excited for the next installment and looking forward to seeing his other movie called Garden of Eden!!

One movie I would love to see director Marcel Walz tackle next would be an updated version of the 70s horror thriller Tourist Trap!!!

Marcel Walz and Joe Knetter are back, but unfortunately not in the best way. After That's a Wrap, which already felt rough around the edges, I was looking for some improvement. Instead, Brute 1976 falls even flatter-its direction, writing, and death scenes all through to the end. At least That's a Wrap had some unintentional laughs with its nonsense dialogues, and absurd set up for the murders; this one just left me disengaged.