Todd and Terry are twin brothers. Todd gets put an asylum for ten years after Terry frames him for a gruesome murder. However, Todd escapes from the asylum on Thanksgiving day and heads right for home. Naturally, folks start getting brutally bumped off left and right.
Director John Grissmer relates the enjoyable story at a brisk pace, stages the kill set pieces with grisly flair to spare, further enhances things with inspired touches of wickedly funny black humor ("That's not cranberry sauce"), and even tosses in some tasty bare female flesh for trashy good measure. Louise Lasser really hams it up as drunken and distraught mother Maddy, Mark Soper has a ball with his juicy dual roles, and Ted Raimi makes his less-than-auspicious film debut as a guy selling condoms in a drive-in theater men's room. Ed French's excellent make-up f/x deliver the gloriously gory goods. Richard Einhorn's funky pulsating synthesizer score hits the get-down groovy spot. A seriously fun slasher winner.
Director John Grissmer relates the enjoyable story at a brisk pace, stages the kill set pieces with grisly flair to spare, further enhances things with inspired touches of wickedly funny black humor ("That's not cranberry sauce"), and even tosses in some tasty bare female flesh for trashy good measure. Louise Lasser really hams it up as drunken and distraught mother Maddy, Mark Soper has a ball with his juicy dual roles, and Ted Raimi makes his less-than-auspicious film debut as a guy selling condoms in a drive-in theater men's room. Ed French's excellent make-up f/x deliver the gloriously gory goods. Richard Einhorn's funky pulsating synthesizer score hits the get-down groovy spot. A seriously fun slasher winner.