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froodleTobe Hooper may be best known as a theatrical film director, but he made a fairly large impact with his boob tube-bound horrors as well, most notably as the director of the original 1979 mini-series adaptation of SALEM’S LOT. Hooper’s homebound horrors, however, don’t stop there, and enthusiastic horror fans can also count his work on the pilot episode of Freddy’s Nightmares, a segment in the made-for-Showtime BODY BAGS and episodes of Amazing Stories, Perversions of Science and Tales from the Crypt among his notable offerings. (Some of us even recall his nifty made-for-USA Network flick I’M DANGEROUS TONIGHT, featuring Mädchen Amick, Anthony Perkins, and an evil dress.)
Often neglected, however, is THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, a film with a fantastic cast that made its bow on Showtime on Halloween of 1999. Directed by Hooper during a bit of a soft spell (he didn’t directed a feature since 1995’s THE MANGLER), THE APARTMENT COMPLEX is a bit of a departure from the shivery classics we all know and love him for. For one thing, it’s not a horror film – it’s a darkly comic psychological thriller of sorts, though fans of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 should have no trouble believing that Hooper can deliver comedy with a twisted edge.
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On the surface, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX is a pretty standard “wrong man” thriller, but thanks to Hooper’s stylistic flourishes and a solid script by Karl Schaefer (creator of Eerie, Indiana, to which this feels like a natural step from), the clichés take a backburner to the characters and the twisty plot. None of the supporting cast is left wanting for attention, and by the end of the film, the cavalcade of personalities feel less like potential suspects and more like genuinely interesting oddballs that you’d be perfectly willing to watch even if there weren’t murder afoot.
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Often neglected, however, is THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, a film with a fantastic cast that made its bow on Showtime on Halloween of 1999. Directed by Hooper during a bit of a soft spell (he didn’t directed a feature since 1995’s THE MANGLER), THE APARTMENT COMPLEX is a bit of a departure from the shivery classics we all know and love him for. For one thing, it’s not a horror film – it’s a darkly comic psychological thriller of sorts, though fans of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 should have no trouble believing that Hooper can deliver comedy with a twisted edge.
( Read more... )
On the surface, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX is a pretty standard “wrong man” thriller, but thanks to Hooper’s stylistic flourishes and a solid script by Karl Schaefer (creator of Eerie, Indiana, to which this feels like a natural step from), the clichés take a backburner to the characters and the twisty plot. None of the supporting cast is left wanting for attention, and by the end of the film, the cavalcade of personalities feel less like potential suspects and more like genuinely interesting oddballs that you’d be perfectly willing to watch even if there weren’t murder afoot.
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