Rawhead Rex (1986)
"He's pure evil, pure power, pure terror"
ThumbScore
👍 68%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 25%
(RT: 25%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
David Dukes as Howard Hallenbeck
Niall Tóibín as Reverend Coot
Cora Lunny as Minty Hallenbeck
Ronan Wilmot as Declan O'Brien
Donal McCann as Tom Garron
Heinrich von Schellendorf as Rawhead Rex
Kelly Piper as Elaine Hallenbeck
Niall O'Brien as Det. Insp. Isaac Gissing
Is Rawhead Rex good?
It's divisive. 68% audience score, estimated from 151 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 25%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it. Wikipedia ↗
