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4.1/10   137 votes
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Doug Taylor (writer)
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He's Turning Their Dream House Into A Nightmare! more
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A carpenter, who was executed in the electric chair, comes back to finish his dream house, now inhabited by a young married couple. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Wings Hauser ... Carpenter
Lynne Adams ... Alice Jarett
Pierre Lenoir ... Martin Jarett
Barbara Jones ... Rachel (as Barbara Ann Jones)
Louise-Marie Mennier ... Laura Bell
Jon Cuthbert ... Roland
Robert Austern ... Barns
Anthony Ulc ... Landis (as Tony Ulc)
Bob Pot ... Farnsworth

Richard Jutras ... Mr. Mort
Ron Lea ... Sheriff J.J. Johnston
Beverly Murray ... Crazy Woman
Griffith Brewer ... Doctor Flanders
Anne Farquhar ... Nurse
David Gow ... Larry
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Runtime:
Norway:89 min | USA:87 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 (video rating) | Iceland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 (cut)
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Doesn't go very far, 26 May 2006
5/10
Author: Tikkin from United Kingdom

The Carpenter isn't as dull as some have made out, it's just that at the end of the film it seems like all you have seen is merely something to 'pass the time'. As you are watching, The Carpenter slowly draws you in to the twisted romance between Alice and the Carpenter. I was expecting it to end in an unconventional way where Alice and the Carpenter would become psychotic lovers. Sadly it takes the less interesting and more safe route of having Alice see the Carpenter as evil and killing him. So all in all, it's mainly the direction the film takes that spoils it. And that's why it's boring.

This isn't a slasher film, so slasher fans should avoid disappointment and not bother watching it.

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