Dogs of Hell (1982)

True story .. In 1990 I was a 5 year old harmless young lad. One day I was shown this movie by my loving sister' how bad could it be' well considering we had 2 fully grown Rottweilers living as happy family dogs May of caused the issue. After watching it I didn't feel any problems wasn't till it was bedtime then boom terrifying nightmares every week or so I was even scared of the tape itself. Actually destroying it in the end I was young never actually scared of Zara and Sugih They were great dogs. So after reminiscing and watching this film again I can say 10/10 for effort I'm properly still scarred in some way .

Independent star / producer Earl Owensby 3D fable "Rottweiler: Dogs from Hell" is a trashy, but mildly fun cheap-jack little animals run amok horror enterprise. I saw this one when I was only a kid and certain scenes had stayed in my head. I couldn't remember the title, where I only found it out recently. Came across a copy and when watching it the memories came flooding back. Don't remember it being as dodgy as it was, but it remained diverting enough.A pack of Rottweilers are trained by the military for warfare, but these vicious killing machines are accidentally released within a small mountain community when the truck they are in crashes. Soon bodies start piling up and it's up to sheriff Hank Willis (Owensby) to put an end to this carnage.Outside this systematic set-up (that has shades of "Jaws"); there are the small-town dramas to give it that genuine sense of community. Such distractions as angst teenagers (father and son issues), catfish talk, reflective time and women mud wrestling… these kinds of things feel like nothing more than filler. There's too much of it. When it came to the dog attacks, it's rather sloppy or off-screen with crude blood effects being splashed about. However when Owensby uses his magnum on the dogs; we are treated with graphic head imploding shots. There were one or two effectively minor intense set-pieces that spring out some calculative tension. Also we get plenty of POV shots from the dogs, as well growling which sounds more like someone's stomach is churning behind the camera… maybe that's where the panting arrived from too. Nonetheless is didn't sound as bad the daggy music score with its weepy piano pieces… which always felt it was going to cut to a sequence of someone playing a piano. It was just that odd in its placement. The performances are pretty much one-note, but Owensby equips himself quite well despite the script coming off as blunt and clumsy. Low-grade shoddiness, but sort of entertaining in that.

I first saw this in 2-D VHS and didn't really like it. A few years later i got my hands on a 3-D (field sequential)VHS copy and was quite surprised by the photography. The film was originally titled 'Rottweiler'. The story concerns a pack of genetically engineered attack dogs (for the military) that escape and cause havoc among citizens of a sleepy mountain town. Think 'Jaws' with dogs instead of sharks. You get the idea. Many scenes were well composed to take full advantage of the 3-D medium. Of course the acting is horrible, plot and script nearly missing but hey, it's a 3-D movie. What did you expect? Just sit back, put your 3-D glasses on, turn your brain off and enjoy it for what it is. A z-grade 3-D guilty pleasure. Otherwise, skip it.

This movie is so stupid. I went through a lot to try to find this movie. I only could rent it anyway. Maybe it was just for rental because it was too bad enough to keep on the market for people to buy. You could not even see the dogs killing people as if they would switch the camera every minute. Being a horror movie genre fan, you would think the title had a good significance as to why I would want to see this movie really bad. I wonder are there any other killer dog movies that beat this one.