This surprising and refreshingly taut low-budget horror film offers what most run-of-the-mill slasher films don't: a good story with a surprise ending. Anderson's parents were shot and killed 10 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Now he is plagued with nightmares of a masked hunter who he
begins seeing at every turn. Although comforted by girlfriend Cummins and best friend Babbes, Anderson begins a slow descent into madness--while, as the story unfolds, a conspiracy to steal his inheritance is revealed. Director Peterson (a former Roger Corman protege) handles the material with a
sure hand and keen eye. The numerous horror sequences are very frightening--the viewer is...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
79 mins