Cert 18 Stars 3

A demented homage to trashy early 1980s video nasties, this slasher revenge horror thriller is the sort I’d rent from the local off licence despite being underage, and sneakily watch when my parents had gone to the pub for the night.

Jenna Kanell and Catherine Corcoran are the young women in Halloween fancy dress stalked by the maniacal Art the Clown.

It’s a cackling sadistic blood-fest of fear and gore which doesn’t waste time and tries to extract as much value from its low budget as possible. Not for the squeamish or those afraid of scalpels or hacksaws.