I must have been in a very ‘off’ mood when I rated this one previously. Gave it a respin today and its still not ‘Great’, but its a lot better than I remember it being. The script drags ass in the back half of the film, and the plot meanders and loses its own threads through most of the 3rd act. But the direction, given this is low/no budget to the point that they couldnt even afford to do reshoots or visit the same location more than had already been agreed is rock solid, if not a bit uninspiring, and the core premise is fun enough until the slowdown suffocates it.

That being said, it has a LOT of iffy performances, the cops subplot made me wish for the sweet release of death and the score sounds like someone dunked a synth in porridge.

Your milage VERY much will vary on this one. and a lot of what I said in my old review still stands. But I feel like I was a bit overly harsh last time…this is a fine, if not pretty dull christmas slasher movie that didnt have the budget to make the film look like a christmas slasher movie…

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