The Horror Show is a supernatural
horror film directed by James Isaac and starring Lance
Henriksen and Brion James. Aside from it being
closely related and a probable sequel to “House” due to it being about a killer haunted house. Kane
Hodder “Jason Voorhees” (Friday the 13Th) was a stunt coordinator in this
feature film. Similar to “Shocker” another serial killer
haunting film this too was released the same year. In this film we have a
stressed out and overworked Detective, Det.
Lucas McCarthy (Lance Henriksen) when after a huge
manhunt believes he has finally caught the famed “Meat Cleaver Max” (Brion James) and despite seeing him
burn in the electric chair on death row, He begins to see him wherever he goes as
the meat cleaver Max taunts him and drives him into insanity, as well as
haunting him in his dreams. Even killings done in the same fashion of Max start to occur in his own house, Detective Lucas begins to seem like the
likely candidate for the murders. Along the way he meets up with a parapsychologist Peter Campbell (Thom Bray) that suggest that they believe
the killings have been committed by Max, due to an electrical time lapse in the
electrocution chair giving him the power to continue his murderous rampage
beyond the grave. Lucas’ best bet now is to destroy his spirit for good before
Max destroys his life and family. With full bodied apparitions of Max appearing
and Killing off family friends within the house, The Horror Show is a must see if you enjoyed the film “Shocker” due to its close similarities. The Horror Show has recently been released onto DVD/BluRay Combo Pack by Scream! Factory and is packaged with extra interviews with Kane
Hodder and an interview with actress Rita
Taggart. This release is sure not one to pass up on, like many of the Scream! Factory BluRay releases and will make a
great addition to anyone’s horror collection.
