Year: 2009
Director: Michael Shelton
Cast: Michele Morrow, Eric-Peter Kaiser, Lynn Lowry, Tiffany Shepid
A serial killer, nicknamed Basement Jack because of his penchant for hiding out in his victim's basements before killing them, is released and returns to the small town of Downer's Grove to continue his massacre and finish off the one victim who was able to escape is slaughter years before.
This film desperately tries to be a throwback to 80's slasher films, but it is too slow-paced and padded with the killer's back story that it commits the worst crime a slasher film can: it becomes boring. The pace does pick up in the end and there are some ambitious attempts at heavy gore; however, it the gore is extremely fake looking and some is obviously CGI. However, the director is able to create some nice atmosphere is spots and, despite the fake looking gore, the film looks great. In the end, though, this is nothing you haven't seen before and it has been done much, much better.
This film desperately tries to be a throwback to 80's slasher films, but it is too slow-paced and padded with the killer's back story that it commits the worst crime a slasher film can: it becomes boring. The pace does pick up in the end and there are some ambitious attempts at heavy gore; however, it the gore is extremely fake looking and some is obviously CGI. However, the director is able to create some nice atmosphere is spots and, despite the fake looking gore, the film looks great. In the end, though, this is nothing you haven't seen before and it has been done much, much better.
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