I just finished watching this movie and wow...I'm amazed how bad it was, it must be seen to be believed. I have seen that some folks really think highly of it, and that surprises me because this movie is terrible and cheap and lazy and incompetent and pointless in every way.This hour and a half movie is a 15 minute short filled with 75 minutes of fluff. Like this dialogue, paraphrased from memory:"What happened to the caretaker?""Just because you think something bad happened, doesn't really mean it happened. The caretaker is fine.""But what if the caretaker isn't fine?""You're being paranoid.""No, I'm not, I'm not being paranoid."Ugh!! We get it! Over and over and over, the same repetition of the paper-thin "conflicts" of this movie. It's so shallow, it's so lazy..."What happened to the beer?""I don't know what happened to the beer.""Just because there's no beer doesn't mean something bad happened.""You're being paranoid.""No I'm not, I'm not being paranoid."WE GET IT.That's the whole movie's dialogue dynamics. Besides the incompetent writing, the movie has all amateur actors - there are no stars, no star power. Compare this with Bruce Campbell and Robert Davi in "Maniac Cop" or Donald Pleasance in "Halloween". But, as you will see with the quality of production in this movie, there's no money in it - there's no money for stars, quality writing, quality actors. It's a cheap, cheap movie up and down, left to right. Everything about it is cheap and shallow.Back to the "movie is all boring filler" aspect. The "final scene" of the movie lasts about 30 minutes. They struggle. They struggle some more. She gets away. Runs around a tree. He finds her. They struggle more. Guy comes in, they struggle. WE GET IT. Thirty minutes of that, ugh. Now, compare that with the amazing, exciting "twist" ending of "Friday the 13th"!Acting in this movie - terrible to non-existent. Clear amateur actors due to no budget. The bad guy is a joke...the least scary bad guy of just about any movie that is trying to take itself seriously, which this one was. No hint of camp or meta-poking fun at ourselves, just over the top amateur hour, freshman in college caliber acting. Pitiful! And annoying.Let me share this with you - do not see this movie. There is no reason to. You won't get anything out of it. It's pointless, it says nothing, there was no reason for this movie to be made. I truly adore all 3 "Maniac Cop" movies, that's why I watched this one. This movie sucks!

Poor man's "Maniac Cop"… yeah somewhat, but it actually had me thinking of late 80s occult horror "Evil Alter". Mix those two together and then you get "Psycho Cop". Is it better for it? Not particularly. Very dumb and shoddy, but I couldn't argue that wasn't fairly entertaining in its hysterical slasher origins. Every cliché is used and imagination is lacking, but what hurt it more than anything was its antagonist's goofy manner. Bobby Ray Shafer stars as Officer Joe Vickers, but no way was he menacing when he decided to open his mouth to blab off some weak one- liner. Even his smiley appearance just was laughable. Along with his ability to be in the right spot at the right time… but hey I guess that's the devil's work for ya. What happens is that of a usual slasher outing, with some young adults heading to a remote country resort for some fun, but actually finding them selves trying to stay alive as a devil-worshiping police officer picks them off one by one. While cheaply made, it's resourcefully made with some decent make-up FX and an isolated backdrop. The foreboding electronic score is over-kill and the victims are amusedly clueless. Most of the time these characters are simply wandering around trying to find misplaced items. Stupidly entertaining stalk and slash.

Distributor: Southgate Entertainment Plot: Six college students take a weekend trip to a mansion in the woods. Slowly their party becomes a terrifying game of survival...and just as they think their prayers have been answered, a killer cop has responded to their calls for help.Audio/Video: Excellent picture quality.Extras: Nothing extra on the tape.Final thoughts: This movie has rotten acting, horrible music, atrocious directing...but somehow I always get drawn into the cheesiness of it. The lead actress is so annoying, how many times can one person say "I think we should call the police" without actually calling them. The answer is too many. The funny thing is that on the box it says "89.95 list price. Slightly higher in Canada". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You silly people over their at Southgate Entertainment actually think that a person in their right mind would pay that much to see this piece of crap. I paid $1.50 and I still feel ripped off. Either way, if you can find this for less then a dollar then buy it, otherwise watch Maniac Cop which is 100 times better than this, or get Psycho Cop 2. It can't be any worse then this....or can it?

Many horror fans out there have seen the cable staple PSYCHO COP 2 and probably wondered about the existence of the relatively obscure original. Well I found it. It sucks!Three unbearable yuppie college couples travel to a big, secluded vacation house despite the usual tell tale signs that they should go home. A psychotic, Satan-worshipping policeman (Bobby Ray Shafer), who walks like a robot (and gives a performance to match) does most of them in. The annoying characters constantly talk to themselves, wander off into the woods alone, guzzle buckets full of beer and whine about the feeling of being watched ("It's probably just a deer!"). People are killed with a knife down the throat, hatchet and crucifixion."It can't be!" screams the pot smoking caretaker before taking an axe to the head.The entire cast is terrible.Irritating!