big-gun I went into this expecting some cheesy Maniac Cop knockoff. But Joe Vickers (played by Bobby Ray Shafer) and Matt Cordell (played by the late Robert Z'Dar) are two very different animals. Cordell was an undead cop out for vengeance. Vickers is a devil worshiping cop who's out for blood. Cordell committed his killings with not a word spoken. Vickers has a cheesy one-liner (or two, or three) for every occasion. Psycho Cop was also a bit more formulaic. The typical 80's horror movies, as a general rule, included a bunch of horny young people at a camp site or a house, always out in the woods. Easy targets for a killer.Some of the more annoying parts of this flick are the overuse of the word paranoid (in all its forms), the many references to the caretaker (Vickers' first victim), and the highly unlikely way Vickers met his demise.On the whole, I found the movie quite enjoyable in a "so bad it's good" kind of way. But, if I had to choose between Joe Vickers and Matt Cordell, I choose Cordell hands down.

Predrag This movie is devoid of any thread of invested time. It seems like the writer/director (Wallace Potts) thought of the idea, wrote it, and filmed it all in the same weekend. For this reason, it is hilarious! This 'horror' film is the funniest of it's genre. All because they were seriously trying to make a good movie. They thought they were doing a good job, and that's why it's funny. All through our history, humor has come from failure...and this movie is the epitome of that philosophy. In the basic common sense, logic and continuity departments, this movie scores a 0 out of 10. Scenes magically switch from day to night, cans of soup go missing and cause more alarm than friends going missing, and - although there's no nudity - characters bathe together for unknown reasons.The killings themselves aren't all that impressive, and the endless one-liners from Psycho Cop get pretty annoying, but I still enjoyed watching events play out in this film. Bobby Ray Shaefer fully embraces his character, and there's nothing like watching a Satan-worshipping, lunatic Psycho Cop serial killer who truly enjoys his work. This is kind of a poor man's Maniac Cop but it is bad for all the right reasons if you like B movies.Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

Leofwine_draca Some producer had the idea to cash in on the success of cult favourite MANIAC COP by making their own version of the killer cop storyline, hence we get PSYCHO COP. Unbelievably a PSYCHO COP RETURNS follows, and I say unbelievably because this is an absolutely awful film in every respect, one of the cheesiest and worst slasher flicks I've sat through.Watching this as an unintentional comedy works a little better and is probably the only way you're going to manage it from beginning to end. The story involves a group of teenagers who spend the weekend at a rural house before falling foul of a psychopath masquerading as a policeman. What follows is a string of death scenes accompanied by cheesy gore effects and even cheesier one liners from the titular bad guy.It hurts to say how bad Bobby Ray Schafer's acting is as the grinning villain; we're talking TROLL 2 level of badness here, sheer over-the-top, ham-fisted ineptitude. It's one of the film's biggest draws. The rest of the cast are all wooden, although at least the actresses are pretty. Still, PSYCHO COP is largely inoffensive, and fans of horror B-movies might find it a hoot; it's a lot funnier than many intentional comedies out there.

Scarecrow-88 Disposable twenty-somethings, renting a summer house in the woods while on vacation from college, fall prey to a psychopathic police officer(..radio report proclaims that he was under investigation for police brutality, hinting that a psychotic break might've occurred)who worships the Devil(..he has 666 tattooed in pen on his hand)getting a good giggle when stalking and killing someone.Palmer Lee Todd is established as the final girl, playing Laura, whose unease, feeling something's amiss, is rejected by the rest of her friends, except hunky Doug(Jeff Qualle)who also has misgivings. While the gang pooh-poohs their consistent pleas towards leaving the house, psycho-cop Joe Vickers(Bobby Ray Shafer)lurks in various places on the premises, awaiting the right times to strike. Other insufferable characters include Zack(Greg Joujon-Roche), an annoying practical joker, constantly downing beer, Eric(..a truly terrible Dan Campbell)always toiling with his walkman, Sarah(Linda West), who seems to be at odds with Laura because she won't quit regarding her worries, balking at her for being too paranoid, and Julie(Cindy Guyer), a birdbrain always at her hair with a brush, throughout bitching, moaning, and whining. I'm sure most viewers will be longing for them to die horribly, but such is not the case..they couldn't die fast enough, as far as I'm concerned. The gang go on and on about the caretaker long past his expiration date.Tepid slasher fare, relatively bloodless, with the grating performances only making matters more intolerable. Shafer's laughable performance doesn't help any(his pitiful humorless wisecracks are hard to endure, often using cop lingo)..he sure is no Z'dar! I'm surprised so many like this movie, I thought it was rather unexciting and rather tedious. Lots of kids running around in circles throughout the woods, with Shafer bulging his eyes, working a John Wayne monotone, walking drone-like. An ax to the skull, billy club down a throat, snapped neck, taser to the groin, bullet to the head, and heart pulled from a stomach(..Shafer reaches from the victim's lower torso!)are methods of execution, but none leave a lasting impact. Like other killers in these kinds of movies, Shafer seems to move about the woods, able to pop up now matter where the kids run. Preposterous sequence where a stick is thrown, by someone with damaged ribs, through a person.