A hazy campy nightmare Berserker is pure nonsensical magic. Finally cleaned up and much more visible Vinegar Syndrome brings Berserker back to life as it explodes with bloody viking madness and goofy teenager sex romps! Anytime an 80s slasher is given the blu ray treatment it's a monumental occasion amirite?? BERZERKKAAAA!

A bunch of doofuses go camping in the woods where a giant bear has been terrorizing the locals. But is it just a bear or is there a more deadly presence responsible? Perhaps a Berserker?? Ahhh shit!! It isn't long before the romantic sexcapades turn into a bloody rampage!

The Beserker has an 80s Wrestler look and it totally warmed my soul. Guy is always wiling out in his…

"The Berserker" is a 1987 horror film directed by Jefferson Richard. It is not a biopic about the wrestler who feuded with The Undertaker in the early '90s, so unfortunately, you won't hear him shout "HUSS! HUSS!" at his victims. I've known about this film for years. The whole Viking angle never particularly interested me, but when it popped up on Tubi, I thought, "Why watch something good when I can choose a bad '80s slasher?" I'll never learn.

The film follows the typical '80s setup with a group of teenagers heading to a campsite for a weekend of nonstop debauchery. Unfortunately for them, a Viking and his bear skin have other plans for the kids. The kills become decent…

“If you’ve seen one late ‘80s slasher movie you’ve pretty much already seen Berserker”, writes JA Kerswell of The Hysteria Lives, and for a film brimming with potential value, focusing on a unique angle for a slasher in the form of a 10th century Viking, taking from historical theories of the berserker Viking with “berserker rage” that was allegedly induced by consuming certain hallucinatory mushrooms. Not that any of that really matters, since the film doesn't really care enough to explain the reasoning behind it, nor the supernatural aspects of how a 10th century Viking is displaced into the Utah wilderness is there, but alas (they make a vague impression of colonization). Nathaniel Thompson of Mondo-Digital comments, “that [the film]…

Goddammit. I really thought I had found something special with this one. It actually showed a fair amount of promise in the first half, goofy song choices aside. The scenic Utah wilderness is absolutely gorgeous and there were some beautifully shot scenes. I particularly loved all the atmospheric shots of fog-blanketed woods. Honestly, Friday the 13th wishes it looked this good. And there was actually some pretty decent acting here, particularly from George "Buck" Flower. But, sadly, all that stuff is wasted on this film. Too much of the runtime is padded with people wandering through the beautiful, fog-blanketed woods, or shots of a bear that are only there to mislead you. Furthermore, as a result of trying to hide…

We start out in the 10th century looking at ship containing a Viking who appears mad and covered in blood. We then slip into "modern day (the 80s)" where an older couple are camping and bickering. We quickly learn that there is a bloodthirsty bear that wants blood which is the perfect set-up for our group of thirty year old teenagers to party into the picture. They are going camping for some banging and drinking and listening to some rock tunes ("You're A Cool Dude" should have been a hit). As far as the horror goes, it's sort of like swiping with a furry paw then the effects of the swipe...so yeah cheap and funny. It has everything your typical…

Berserker gone and berserked my brain with their berszuka full of awful clunky gunk I tells ya what! Its nothing too ground breaking and pretty dang slow but theres a certain charm to it. Once that first cheesy rock tune kicked in and we are introduced to some mega dork teens I was totally sold. Wouldn't be surprised if the songs were performed by the mega dorks themselves...lyrics talking about attitude and teenage life and shit. LalalalaLAMEEEE! but also catchy as helll...

So a bunch of doofuses venture into the wilderness to camp. Little do they know a killer Berserker is on the loose! And a giant bear! And the Berserker fights the bear! Berserker is an extra crazy Viking…

February Horror Hunt, Day 1, challenge #2 - A movie released by Vinegar Syndrome in 2019

I was really looking forward to this one. Viking... ghost... bear vs campers? God yes, I'm ready! I kinda lowkey loved this movie. 1987 was the best. We get a music montage to a song whose only lyric is "cause you're a coooool dude, yeah!" with perms and mullets blowing in the wind camping shenanigans! Bliss. A lot of this movie is people lost in the woods and idiots screaming and flailing off and random shots of a bear, but it's foggy and kinda cool and just weird enough to hold your attention. There is an EPIC fight at the end that is 100%…