8/10
Creepy, brutal n very very nightmarish.
24 January 2017
I first saw this on a vhs in the late 80s.

Revisited it recently.

The movie has a very bizarre n creepy opening in a diner.

Martin Landau's scream will echo in ur ears.

Well, its not your typical slasher from the 80s.

Its more of a psychological drama/thriller.

Sort of Straw Dogs, Halloween n home invasion films put together.

Tension is there in the first act and then drops off in the second, only to pick up again in the third.

The first kill by the fattie is downright brutal.

The finale is good and will not disappoint.

It features a very talented ensemble cast, Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Lin Shaye in a tiny role n our regular doctor, Donald Pleasence.

This film is noteworthy for having one of its killers don a hockey mask before Jason ever did so in a Friday the 13th film.
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