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Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart, Dedee Pfeiffer, Aaron Eisenberg ... see more see more... , Thom Bray , Matt Clark , David Oliver , Lewis Arquette , Lawrence Tierney , Alvy Moore , Terry Alexander , Melissa Skoff , Aron Eisenberg

This muddled attempt at creating a new supernatural serial killer franchise (in the mode of Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series) features perennial movie thug Brion James as sadistic ... read more read more...mass murderer Max Jenke, who hacked up more than 100 victims with a meat cleaver before his eventual capture by dedicated cop Lucas McCarthy (Lance Henriksen). Unwilling to cease his homicidal spree after his death, Jenke had been conducting bizarre experiments in soul-transference prior to his capture; his execution in the electric chair subsequently transforms his evil essence into electrical current. In this new form, the seemingly unstoppable maniac launches a supernatural siege against McCarthy and his family until the tormented cop finally faces him down on his own nightmare turf. Originally conceived as another House sequel, this film consists of long periods of tedium punctuated by outbursts of graphic gore and surreal effects. This condition is partially the result of footage being shot by two separate directors; it seems as if neither of them knew what the other was doing. James is amusingly sleazy as the cackling madman, but his one-note material is not compelling enough to merit a recurring character. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: James Isaac

Release Date: April 28, 1989

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  • RCCLBC
    June 23, 2008
    RCCLBC
    The one star is out of respect for Lance Hinriksen, aside from his presence this film was probably one of the worst films that I have seen in a very long while.

    It has little to no connection to any of the other "House" movies (not that that those were great...), as a matter o... read moref fact it was just billed as "The Horror Show" when I DVR'd it.

    The only "horror" here is that this film got made and that Henriksen signed on.

    It contains just about every cheesy horror gimmic and cliche. Bad acting. Bad special effects. Ridiculous story (development through resolution). What really put me over the edge was hearing a "howling/hissing cat" sound bite that I had on a Haunted House record when I was a kid, being used in one of the scenes as an actual cat.

    This wasn't even good enough to qualify for my "so good it's bad" list.
  • cacutshaw
    March 7, 2008
    cacutshaw
    I really enjoyed the hell out of this when it came out, though I had no clue it was originally a house sequel, and there is no way to know from watching the film. Anyway, any film with both Lance Henrikson and Brion James is awesome by default.

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Andreas Samuelson
October 4, 2004
Andreas Samuelson, Slasherpool

Dull Elm Street rip. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Killer from beyond the grave stupidness.

Stephen Holden
August 30, 2004
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Richard Harrington
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post

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Emanuel Levy
August 21, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
March 26, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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Spence D.
February 10, 2004
Spence D., IGN Movies

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