Good concept, poorly executed.

Better Late Then Never

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This film is UNIQUE. Its so bad yet soooo good. Its rich with wondrous little moments found in no other film. And it has an authentic southern American quality that Hollywood often fails to capture. The vintage 70's south is crystallized perfectly in all its glory. This film is just plain fun for anyone with a discerning eye for tongue in cheek audacity. The characters are sharply contrasted against each other - very colorful, very animated, and the bad acting seems to do them a service. The main character, Wheeler, is the funniest/creepiest psycho ever. I mean, this guy is chock full of insecurity issues and they bleed right through the screen. If I ever met a guy this socially inept in real life I'd run away in a fit of giggle terror.

Yes there are other films that may be more boring than this, but it is so awful it's really unbelievable. I found it on video in blockbuster and thought it looked like a cool possibly gory movie. i waited for it to get late and watched it by myself in the dark at about 3 in the morning as i like to get scared. But boy howdy was i let down. The mask on the front of the video box is not even in the film and it was not even remotely scary. I paid £1 pound for this. the editing is amazing, one of the scenes ends and we then see a second of that scene again (mistake). I can't believe the editors left it like this. they probably could not be bothered as they new this would not change how the film went down. Also there is a long pointless chase for about half an hour, the music randomly plays and has no relevance to whats on screen, wheeler says dance about 100 times and does some well weird stuff which makes no sense. It seems funny how the director never made another film, hmm. Also if u look on the credits one of the cast has the directors surname so they may have been related to him - pointing out the low budgetness of this film. The director is also the producer and sheriff who kills wheeler for no reason. this film is a classic and i do not think there is a worse film out there. don't just take my word for it, i asked my brother what he thought of it and this is his response: "Don't ever think you have seen anything even close to the worst film ever, unless you have seen the butcher".p.s. the title is so miss leading. the only killing we see is not done by the films 'killer' and we only see two other dead people which he supposedly killed anyway.turdomatic - also look for that actress that also stars in zombiegeddon - ha ha

Myself and friends first discovered this film about five years ago and have since enjoyed the film on a very comic level. The acting is bad, the characters non-descript and the editing pitiful, but with all this I have to agree that it is a work of comic genius. The extremely long chase between Slick and Mr Phillips is surely the longest in film history and Wheeler is as threatening as a lump of dead wood. The strange thing is there is a title song that appears to be written for the film which means that possibly all the budget went on this. I dont know if the film was cut for the UK release but there is nothing in this film that warrants an 18 rating. All I can say is check your car boot sales or local flea markets and try to pick up a copy of this film that will have you reciting the dialogue over and over again .

The quality of this movie can be summed up in two words, "Wanna Root?" This is the phrase that can be heard over and over in the restaurant scene where Slick meets Wheeler. It's in the background noise, which is obviously about 8 seconds worth of noise being looped over and over. Ah, What to say about this film? On every technical level, Psycho From Texas is a total failure. The editing is horrendous, you can see scratches in the film. The acting is equally bad. At some points continuity is non-existent. Despite all of this, I enjoyed Psycho From Texas on a comedic level. It tries really hard to be scary and shocking, but ends up laughable. If you can find a copy of it somewhere, rent it. Rent it just to hear Slick squeal in the chase scene near the end. Rent it to hear Wheeler say, "No! You listen here, old man!" You can probably rent it for a buck, if you can find it at all.