Being a horror fan, I view slashers as the lowest of the sub-genres. Utterly formulaic, they are simply vehicles for new ways to off "red shirt" characters. The first two Fritt Vilt films bucked that trend by giving us characters we cared about, and thus were affected when they died. Christ, I even shed a tear one time over ***SPOILER*** Audhild the nurse in part II. That is why the first two are my favorite slashers. I gave the first one a 7/10 and the sequel an 8/10. This one does no bucking, only carrying on, and thus a 5/10.
After the characters, I would say the next weakest aspect of this film is the editing. Well, either that, or they omitted crucial shots while filming. Either way, there are several sequences that are shot and/or cut in such a way as to make me sit up and go "huh?" The movie looked great, just like the first two, although I thought there were a couple scenes that were way too dark, but that could be my copy. I generally liked the 80s soundtrack, but in the score, there were a couple moments of way to overused "OMG, here comes the killer" music.
Oh, and jump scares? In my Fritt Vilt? Just like the Godfather films, I am just going to ignore part 3.
After the characters, I would say the next weakest aspect of this film is the editing. Well, either that, or they omitted crucial shots while filming. Either way, there are several sequences that are shot and/or cut in such a way as to make me sit up and go "huh?" The movie looked great, just like the first two, although I thought there were a couple scenes that were way too dark, but that could be my copy. I generally liked the 80s soundtrack, but in the score, there were a couple moments of way to overused "OMG, here comes the killer" music.
Oh, and jump scares? In my Fritt Vilt? Just like the Godfather films, I am just going to ignore part 3.