Body Parts

1991
R
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

5.2K

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Body Horror Slasher Horror Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

5.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

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Trivia
Advertisements for the movie were cancelled in Wisconsin due to the Dahmer killings.

Goofs
The lead character's car is struck from the rear by a tractor trailer, and we see him fly forward into the dashboard. A rear-end impact would cause the occupant of the struck car to fly backward. In severe cases such as this, the occupant would be ejected out the rear window.

Quotes
Bill Chrushank: [Bill confronts Dr. Agatha Webb to remove the arm] I want it off.
Dr. Agatha Webb: Are you insane?
Bill Chrushank: I've got serious problems doctor. I hit my kid, I tried to strangle my wife, I have nightmares every night! Look it's, it's okay alright? The arm's fine, I don't want it. Just give it to somebody else, just give me a hook or something.
Dr. Agatha Webb: Do you realize what I and my team accomplished with that arm of yours? Don't you realize that if a gun were put to my head I wouldn't jeopardize the accomplishment that your surgery represents.
Bill Chrushank: CAN'T YOU SEE THIS ARM IS KILLING ME!
Dr. Agatha Webb: I'm sorry to put this so bluntly Bill, but the pain your in just isn't that important when I balance it against the significance of the experiment.
Bill Chrushank: You won't perform the operation on removing the arm?
Dr. Agatha Webb: No. And I'll see you put in a mental institution before I let you undo what I've done.
Bill Chrushank: Let me be blunt doctor, but why don't you go fuck yourself!
Dr. Agatha Webb: Get the hell out of this office!
Bill Chrushank: FUCK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR BULLSHIT! I WANT THIS FUCKING ARM OFF!

Alternate versions
Two scenes were heavily cut due to Paramount's insistence:
The car crash sequence was cut back by almost 40 seconds. Deleted was a backwards tracking shot from Jeff Fahey on the road to his twitching, severed arm on the ground. He stares at it in horror until it's splattered by a truck, and he passes out.
The surgery scene a few minutes afterwards was cut by well over a minute, deleting several shots of Jeff Fahey's exposed stump/wound, and several seconds of the bloody, twitching donor arm on a medical table.

Connections
Referenced in Twogether (1992)

Soundtracks
Star Bar Jam
by Mike Moran
Performed by Graham Walker

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Featured review

5/10

I'd Kill for Jeff Fahey's Hair

Psychologist Bill (Jeff Fahey) interviews a convicted killer and goes home to his wife Karen (Kim Delaney) discussing his wants and desires. The next day while in traffic, a tire breaks off a car's axle and Bill immediately stops his car to avoid the accident. Unfortunately, the truck ignores the ensuing chaos and crashes into Bill's bumper. Bill crashes through the rear window. At the hospital, Dr. Agatha Webb (Lindsay Duncan) gives Bill an arm transplantation. Everything seems to be going fine during rehabilitation until Bill suffers hallucinations.

Jeff Fahey carries "Body Parts" all the way to the inane finale. The first act meanders, the second act is okay, but the third act is completely off-the-rails. Impressive stunt work, creative murders, and an insane car chase await the unexpected viewer.

Corny dialogue plagues the screen. Suspension of disbelief would be an understatement for this film. Essentially, "Body Parts" rips off "The Hands of Orlac."