Good for a giggle and a grip of the arm of your seat is this chiller that doesn't take itself seriously for a second longer than it takes to make an audience jump. O'Quinn is splendidly nutty as the schizo killer who sets up home with fatherless families, then slaughters the lot when his authority is challenged. Hack and Schoelen, the latter particularly natural, are the latest hapless stones on to which this lethal barnacle has battened itself. It's to the film's credit that it keeps the interest mounting in spite of the foregone conclusion the plot rolls inexorably towards from then on. First-class editing - not a scene is held too long - has a lot to do with it. So do the personalities of the leading actors and the precision direction of Joseph Ruben. The music janglingly fits the mood, and those who prefer a chuckle (unintentional or otherwise) with their chills may find the whole meal just their bowl of blood.

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