i feel a lot of horror fan expect too much from tobe hooper after texas chainsaw massacre . a do fan of john carpenter who always compare his work to halloween and george romero to dawn of the dead and wes craven to nightmare on elm street . what tobe give u here be a fantastic grim horror film that never let up in pace and shock . a masked killer who bump off resident in an apartment block be about all this film have in common with the original . the film do have a similar feeling of decay and an ingrained and necessary violence that be present in tcm . the acting be top notch for a horror film represent angela bettis be truly convincing a the paranoid heroine who investigate the strange going on in the lusman building . rance howard be also notable a the gentle old resident who give bettis character hint along the way . all in all a highly recommended modern day horror film .