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A couple of friends head out into the forest for a weekend
get-away. What they don't know is that a viking killer is
hiding in the woods, waiting for them. The viking is dressed
up as a bear and it seems as if there is no escaping this
furry nightmare, will anyone survive?
Berserker is a pretty awful backwoods slasher about a killer
bear, or a killer viking? Ehmm, I mean, I know this is
supposed to be a slasher but for most of the time it's
just a big old bear attacking people (in the lamest ways
ever shown on screen) but in the climax it turns out that
it was in fact a viking dressed up as a bear... or was it?
I've come to understand that most backwoods slashers made
back in the 80s were really bad and cheesy, but when you
find a good one, it really is a good one. Too bad Berserker
is one of the bad ones.
Anyway, this flick is not only bad and cheesy, it's also
mind-blowingly dull. Even if it's only 80 minutes long, it
feels like it takes forever to finish. The acting is awful
and so is the directing. There is constant fog in the movie
which just adds to the cheesiness. I guess some people
might think this is a case of "so bad it's good" but I just
didn't see that happening, this was just so bad it's bad.
You know what? I'm not even going to bother to say anything
more about this awful slasher flick. If you're a fan of
backwoods slashers you might have to check this one out
but don't expect a pure slasher flick, expect a Grizzly
rip-off instead. I don't even know whether this deserves
to be called a slasher or not. Either way, this is dull,
cheesy and incredibly boring. Ugh! Avoid!
Nothing worth mentioning.
The 80s rock music is pretty all right but the suspense
score is absolutely abysmal.
Berserker is a nonsense horror movie which doesn't know if
it wants to be a Grizzly rip-off or a really bad backwoods
slasher. If you're a fan of backwoods slashers, you might
want to see this but don't expect anything as it is an
awful mess and can only be enjoyed if you consider it to
be so bad that it's good.
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