Skinner
A man rents a room in a couple's house and roams the streets at night looking for victims to skin, while constantly being followed by a junkie he mutilated who is now looking for revenge.
Why it matters
A grimy dive into early ’90s grindhouse horror that delivers visceral body horror and urban dread with unapologetic grit.
- Practical effects by the KNB team showcase memorably grotesque skinning scenes that still unsettle decades later.
- Stephen Laws’ Skinner embodies the raw desperation of slasher antiheroes before the ’90s boom of sympathetic killers.
- For fans of street-level horror that blends slasher tropes with a bleak, junkyard atmosphere reminiscent of early Cronenberg and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- Not for the faint—its rough pacing and grimy aesthetic might frustrate some, but those who embrace low-budget ferocity will find a cult gem.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
85
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
0
Survival
33
RevengeSerial Killer
