Sorry about the delay. Brain hating
migraines. Enough of that, time to get back to the continuing
series of House. Yeah this film isn't even supposed to be a link to
series but thanks to distribution from foreign to domestic this film
was released under... wait for it, ALTERNATIVE TITLES!!!! The
producers decided they need to rename this film House 3 for the
foreign market because...reasons. Yeah I was surprised it turns out
House IV should have been House III but produced by Sean S.
Cunningham and composed by Harry Manfredini simply made our original
third film House IV to solve all the issues and baffle about every
collector. This is House 3 a.k.a. The Horror Show a.k.a. La casa 7
a.k.a.Evil Dead 7 and House III: The Horror Show.
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| Yer gonna die ya filthy replicant. |
Directed by the late SFX
creator/director James Isaac (The Horror Show, Jason X,
Skinwalkers and Pig Hunt) follows the story of Detective
McCarthy (Lance Henriksen of The Terminator, Savage Dawn,
Aliens, Near Dark, Pumpkinhead, Alien 3, Man's Best Friend, No
Escape, The Quick and the Dead and Millennium) finally
catches America's most successful serial killer with a kill count of
110 people. Our vicious and ridiculous laughing Max "Meat
Cleaver" Jenke (Brion James of Blade Runner, 48 Hrs., A
Breed Apart, Crimewave, Silverado, Enemy Mine, Cherry 2000, Red Heat
and Tango & Cash). Yes 110 people went to their deaths
somehow with the cops never noticing or finding any clues and
correlation to the other deaths. That stupid cackle will drive you
bat crap crazy.
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| Pumpkinhead 5: Harvest Season. |
So sentenced finally to his death via
electrocution only physically but...it in fact made him into a
electric being that can manifest into all those who dare to watch his
execution. This particular concept of executed serial killer coming
back to life and stalk folks down was based originally in Wes
Craven's Shocker and Robert Resnikoff's The First Power.
Fearing for the lives for his family, wife Donna (Rita
Taggart of Coming Home, The Horror Show, Limbo and Mulholland Drive)
and kids Bonnie (Dedee Pfeiffer of For Your Love,
Falling Down, Cybill, Up Close & Personal, Burn Notice and
Flatline) and Scott (Aron
Eisenberg of Amityville: The Evil Escapes, Streets, Prayer of the
Rollerboys, Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge and The Liar's Club)
as Max haunts them from beyond the grave. The common theory is he
wanted to drive Lance Henriksen crackers before killing him. Will
McCarthy be able to save his family? Can Jenke be stopped? Will
anyone give a crap??
Several scenes had
to be removed to avoid an X rating according to the MPAA's standards.
The European release I saw has some serious gore that frankly wasn't
over the top by Saw's standards. Loved how Jenke's apartment was
completely untouched, none of his stuff removed and clues that he was
intrigued by McCarthy and his family for ages. Death row takes years
so who the hell was paying for that apartment to stay open for a
convicted serial killer?
Yeah it was
painful, plotholes of electromagnetic evils and the effects were
fair. Buck up folks, we still have one more House movie to go.
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| How's my breath??!!! |
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