Set in the same town, the story takes place in a world where the 1976 film is a cult classic and watched annually only to birth a copycat killer that follows the film's murders from beginning to end. This grim and atmospheric little piece has some wonderful tracking shots and scene set-ups with some great performances to boot but in the end it just isn't all that scary. Which is fine but it seems to take itself way too seriously, so the fun of cheap laughs are quickly tossed out the window as well. It's nowhere near as shitty as any of the other slasher flick remakes as of lately but it doesn't quite succeed in standing aside any of the more recent originals either.
2½ trombones of death out of 5
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This one really surprised me. I was expecting a poor knock-off, but it held tension quite well and Addison Timlin was impressive. 3 out of 5.
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