Pieces

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Pieces

1983,

1h 25m,

Horror

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40%

15 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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51%

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2,500+ Ratings

A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.

Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Mar 27, 2017

If all this sounds like standard giallo/slasher fare... in fact Simn constructs his film in much the way that the killer recreates his puzzle: taking a bit from here, a bit from there, & stitching all these disparate pieces into a monstrous hybrid.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Apr 14, 2011

C

As an example of sexist, racist sleaze, Pieces is an inadvertently amusing relic of early '80s grindhouse.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18, 2025

3/10

Pieces wants to be a fun, funny, cult slasher, and to some extent it is. It tried so hard to cash in on the early slasher craze that it actually ends up being a fun, funny, cult slasher because of how hard it falls on its face.

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Alan Jones

Starburst

Aug 1, 2022

Makes no real sense at all mainly because everyone involved defies the thin line of reality it could have easily maintained.

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Jacob Knight

Birth.Movies.Death.

Oct 3, 2017

An utter masterwork of illogic.

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

Apr 3, 2017

3/5

Fans of the genre will find much to enjoy in this knowingly silly exercise in day-glo splatter.

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Hagrid R

Jan 16, 2019

Movie scared the heck out of me as a kid

Kylo R

Nov 13, 2018

For an '80s slasher flick. its amazing. Cheesy blood effects obviously but not too much gore which I liked. The killer was fun to watch. Loved his chainsaw and his knife. Had some '80s nudity which was nice. A good campy slasher.

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Luke W

Jun 2, 2018

Do you like cheesy 80s slashers? Then you'll like Pieces. It's really that simple. It's the type of movie that's best viewed with a group of friends who enjoy these types of movies. The plot is basic and even so not explained very well, and really just an excuse for a crazy person with a chainsaw to run around a campus chopping up coeds. It's exploitation through and through, and it's completely unapologetic about it. Maybe it's macabre, but the movie's just a ton of fun. It's logically inconsistent, the acting is never very good, and it's often downright goofy. The gore effects are pretty good for the most part, I will give the film that. If you like the later entries in the Friday the 13th or Nightmare films, you'll probably enjoy this well enough. I really enjoyed it.

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Draco R

Sep 17, 2017

its one of those cult horror movies that only freaks would love

Hermione R

Jul 21, 2017

Delightful butchery.

George G

May 20, 2017

A low budget treat were a psycho path wants to make a human puzzle.

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Synopsis

A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.

Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Screenwriter: Joe D'Amato, Dick Randall
Production Co: Almena Films
Genre: Horror
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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