Max Jenke (Brion James) is a cleaver and ruthless killer
responsible for more death and killing than any other known serial killer and
he’s just been captured by Detective Lucus McCarthy (Lance Henrickson) and this
is just the beginning of what is to come in The
Horror Show (1989). After capturing
Jenke and seeing his partner die, McCarthy’s professional and personal life
begins to unravel and he thinks that being present for the execution of Jenke is
the only way for him to get his life back.
There is more to death then just dying as pure evil such as
Jenke just doesn’t die but can transform into something else. Jenke becomes a being of energy that
manipulates the things around him to tease and torture McCarthy. Now McCarthy, with the help of an eccentric
scientist Peter Campbell (Thom Bray) who understands what Jenke has become,
must find a way to destroy Jenke before he continues on his killing spree.
James, as usual, knows how to play to his strengths as a
crazed killer with menace in his blood.
Henrickson gives 110% and the two of them together make for formidable
opponents. As produced by Sean S.
Cunningham (the man behind the Friday the
13th franchise and
House films (of this was originally conceived as the third film)) and
directed by James Isaac this is a fun and entertaining film that should appease
fans of ‘80s horror films.
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