Icelands first Slasher movie - Harpoon

Here's an interesting riff on Texas Chainsaw Massacre. exchange slaughthouses and rednecks for rusting Whaling hulks and cannibal fishermen and you get the idea...

Here's the press details and some link...


HARPOON

The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre





“THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ON A WHALER – A BRILLIANT CONCEPT EXECUTED IN A MOST IMAGINATIVE, OLD SCHOOL WAY. HORROR FANS ARE GOING TO LAP IT UP, BIG TIME.” (FOUR STARS)

– Billy Chainsaw, Bizarre Magazine

The Icelandic film industry’s first ever bona fide foray into in-your-face exploitation horror movie territory, Harpoon: The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre is a blackly comic and supremely gory affair that has led David Hayles of The Times to claim, “it’s tourists versus deranged whalers in this fright flick that’ll make you scream and blubber.”

Having recently been given a rapturously reception by a rabid audience of appreciative horror fans attending a sold out screening at the Glasgow Film Festival’s Annual Frightfest, Harpoon: The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre comes to DVD in May 2010 courtesy of E1 Entertainment and promises to be one of the most talked about horror releases of the year.

Directed by Julius Kemp (Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story) and written by award winning novelist and lyricist Sjon Sigurdsson (Dancer In The Dark), the film stars old ‘Leatherface’ himself, Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), as the ill-fated captain in charge of a tourist whale watching trip that takes a horrifying turn.

When a freak accident leaves the captain of their boat mortally wounded and the first mate jumps ship following his attempted rape of a passenger, a small group of tourists are forced to seek refuge on a passing former whaling vessel manned by a family of ‘Fishbillies’ with a psychotic score to settle. With whaling no longer on the agenda, the tourists become the helpless prey aboard a ship that is soon to be sailing on a sea of blood.

An unapologetic homage to the Tobe Hooper classic from which it has pilfered its title, Harpoon: The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre is a gutsy and graphic slasher that adds a dark vein of humour to its increasingly inventive methods of dispatching the unfortunate victims for whom a day trip at sea turns into the worst possible nightmare.

Harpoon: The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (cert. 18) will be released on DVD (£12.99) by E1 Entertainment on 10th May 2010.

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[Copyboy]

Just saw this last night and well, I guess I enjoyed it. Has anyone else seen this? It could have used more Gunnar Hansen, more gore, better actors, and less ridiculously written dialogue, but yeah, it was still pretty fun!

[CPT HOOK]

I saw that there's a blu-ray available. The cover had caught my attention, but I wasn't sure what it was.

I might give it a look if I can find it for cheap.

[rxfiend]

I've seen this for sale, but haven't read anything on it. I may pick it up sometime.

[maskull]

It was ok but doesn't really stand out from a bunch of other TCM copycats...except that it takes place on a whaling ship in Iceland and has an asian hitwoman kind of character for no other reason than to be cool. Oh yeah and a killer whale shows up too.

It's worth watching but I wouldn't pay too much for it.

[Body Boy]

The killer TCM family thing ruined it for me, but I liked the

Spoiler: characters that could shock you, ones who seemed innocent at first really switching gears

and of course moments like the whale showed potential. But it was nothing great sadly.

[bloodthrill]

Tried to get gung-ho about this,just couldn't.Even the U.S. art reminded me of the Troma trash flick,blood Hook.One decent kill comes to mind, (yes,involving a harpoon,which I would consider far from a spoiler), no sympathetic or relate-able characters, (really though,like "Whale Watching Massacre" is going to offer that,but still) and kind of shoddy cinematography.