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| Year: | 2003 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Tobe Hooper |
| Genre: | Slasher reimagining. |
| Starring: | Angela Bettis, Brent Roam |
| Rating: | 3/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367153/ |
| Tagline: | Another legacy begins. |
| Favourite line: | "Were you aiming for Dante's Third or Fourth Circle of Hell?" |
Tobe 'Chainsaw Massacre' Hooper delivers a competent reimagining of a notorious slasher. Whilst the original is low budget, straight down the line slasher fare, here we have more of a supernatural take on things.
A young, professional couple move into a dilapidated apartment block and decide they need to spruce the place up. When one of their friends goes missing, their investigations discover a secret area of the building, a building within a building, if you like, where an ancient evil lurks, eager to claim fresh victims.
Whilst I can see the reason for adding a touch of spice to proceedings, the updates didn't quite work for me, losing the sheer simplicity of the source plot: man with toolbox murders women.
It's perfect setup to begin with, so why mess.
Scary at times, tedious at others, this is a lacklustre affair, and ultimately left me feeling slightly unsatisfied.
Still, as modern horror goes, it weren't 'alf bad.
Horror devotees only need apply.
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