The Breakdown

  • practical gore effects still hold up
  • classic 80s slasher formula, nothing new
  • graphic kills staged as the main attraction
  • manhattan setting wasted on tourist slaughter
  • franchise slop in full autopilot mode

Side Effects

body count tourism, practical splatter, no survivors left standing

Watch Instead

Skip it. Watch 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' instead — original dread over tourist kills.