The script turns the slasher movie premise around, making a thing traditionally associated with protection into a malevolent killer who hides in convenient shadows with knife in hand. His inhuman strength makes it all seem partially supernatural; if you reject that then it all seems rather silly.
Tom Atkins plays the caring homicide Detective well; it’s a role he’s suited to. The usually reliable Bruce Campbell doesn't get to use his B–Movie charm and wit. He struggles to make us care about his two-dimensional character. Conversely, the ladies, Laurene Landon and Sheree North, both get stronger roles and do a grand job with them.
3 pigs in the shit out of 5
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