FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE
FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE really works because of how extreme it is. If it pulled any of its punches it wouldn’t be nearly as effective and entertaining. This gut-cruncher is infamous for the scene where a little boy has his head bashed in with a rock. This scene was almost always edited out of the early video releases, and was enough to have the film branded a “Video Nasty” and banned in the UK. It’s very nasty stuff that rivals the more well known “Vanilla Twist” child murder scene in John Carpenter’s “Assault On Precinct 13.” There’s also rape and several bloody murders on display. But even the ample amounts of violence featured take a backseat to the primary exploitive element – RACISM! This is perhaps the most incendiary film ever made!
I counted no less than 70 racial remarks. There were 28 different anti-Black epithets. I give a lot of credit to writer Straw Weisman for coming up with so many different horrible racist terms for the script. A lazy writer would have simply tossed the N-bomb around a few dozen times and called it a day. Not Straw. In “Fight For Your Life” the word “nigger” is only used 8 times. That may sound like a lot but it really isn’t for an exploitation flick, and it pales in comparison to the much more nasty and unusual insults frequently used here including “monkey face,” “deputy dawg,” “jive ass spade,” and “black ass booger.” There were seven different variations of the word “coon” alone, including the incredible “a real bend over backwards and shine your shoes master coon!” But the Blacks aren’t the only ones who suffer this kind of verbal abuse, as terms like “spic,” “slant eyes,” “white trash,” “grey garbage,” “pink pig,” and “faggot” are liberally used as well. This flick is truly an equal opportunity offender.
You can check out my full review here:
http://www.horroryearbook.com/541746/brain-hammers-picks-from-the-crypt-vol11-revenge
