Razor Eaters

Razor Eaters is a 2003 Australian crime thriller film written and directed by Shannon Young. The film had its world premiere on 13 July 2003 at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, and later had a DVD release in July 2006. It follows an anarchist street gang (based on the real-life Hedge-Burners) who terrorize those whom they believe deserve punishment.[1]

Razor Eaters
Directed byShannon Young
Produced byNick Levy
Paul Moder
Written byShannon Young
StarringRichard Cawthorne
Angus Sampson
Fletcher Humphrys
Julie Eckersley
Teague Rook
CinematographyKarl Siemon
Production
company
Hybrid Films
Release date
  • 13 July 2003 (2003-07-13) (Melbourne Underground Film Festival)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Razor Eaters was met with some controversy, as the Melbourne police department labeled it as "Extremely Violent" and "Obscene" when it was first released in 2003.[2]

Synopsis

Unhappy with the modern day legal system, five men have decided to band together to hand out vigilante justice to anyone they think deserves it. This list is rather loose, as they include tailgaters along with drug dealers and other serious criminals. The band, which calls themselves "Razor Eaters" and videotapes all of their activities, has attracted the attention of Detective Danny Berdan (Paul Moder), who finds himself captivated by the gang's footage.

Cast

Production

Young loosely based the film's concept on the "Hedge Burners", a group of vandals that videotaped themselves vandalizing property.[3] He chose to escalate the actions to become more violent for the film, as Young believed that having the Razor Eaters only commit vandalism would "get boring in about half an hour" and that they needed "to have a purpose, a goal".[3] Young decided to make the gang's goal be infamy and stated that "I think we set a really dangerous standard by the amount of publicity that we give to criminals."[3] In order to flesh out the characters, Young had the actors improvise various scenarios such as "how they met, how they came together as a group".[4]

Reception

Critical reception for Razor Eatershas been predominantly positive.[5] Film Threat wrote a positive review and gave Razor Eaters five stars while stating it was "classy, intrepid and totally refined".[6] JoBlo.com gave a positive review for the film but a negative review for the DVD release, criticizing its picture and audio quality.[7]

Awards
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References
  1. Shelley, Peter (2010). Australian Horror Films, 1973–2010. McFarland. pp. 179–183. ISBN 0786461675.
  2. "SHANNON YOUNG'S RAZOR EATING ACT". Film Threat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. "SHANNON YOUNG'S RAZOR EATING ACT (interview)". Film Threat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. "SHANNON YOUNG'S RAZOR EATING ACT (interview pt 3)". Film Threat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. "Razor Eaters (review)". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. Bernardi, Daniel. "RAZOR EATERS (review)". Film Threat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. "Razor Eaters (DVD review)". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. "2005 Winners". Shriekfest. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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