The Severed Arm
The Severed Arm
4.921%
Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.
Matthias_812 reviewedApril 3, 2025
Begins as a survival thriller before turning into a proto-slasher! Predating Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, When A Stranger Calls, even Black Christmas and Deathdream! It's insane how many of those movies (coincidentally or not) lift an element from The Severed Arm. Even the score had to have some sort of influence on John Carpenter, in fact this was the first feature where all music was composed digitally.
I think this truly deserves major recognition in slasher and horror cinema history.