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This piece has somewhat been marketed as a horror film so I just want to make things clear at the start that what we're dealing with here is a thriller; some would say a mystery thriller and some would say a Hitchcockian thriller. They're both right, but a pure horror it is not. But don't let that put you off because The Killing Floor actually had a few things in store for the viewer. When it comes to thrillers of this kind it's all about figuring out who the killer is among a bunch of character, and obviously it's never who it first seems to be. Problem with a lot of these thrillers though is that you can quite often figure out who it is before it has been "officially" revealed and while you may be able to do that with this flick as well, it is still totally worth taking a look at.
 
We get to follow literary agent David Lamont who represents horror authors and that moves into a penthouse apartment that is freakin huuuuge. Soon after getting settled in his new place David receives photographs of a murder which looks like it took place inside his apartment. If that wasn't bad enough there's some strange guy hanging outside the building claiming that David's new place belongs to him. He gets in touch with a detective who unsuccessfully tries to help him out. Soon David receives a series of stalker videotapes which shows himself being filmed, unknowingly, by someone in his apartment at night. As the movie rolls on David's situation gets more worse for each day that goes by and soon he finds himself in a whole heap of trouble.
Best thing about The Killing Floor is that it is a really easy film to watch. Some thrillers just try too hard to make the plot way more complicated with stupid twists and turns than it have to be, but this one did that just right. I gotta admit that at the start I had no expectations whatsoever and was somewhat convinced that I wouldn't like it. But in the end it was actually a totally ok flick that had some good suspense to it and most of all, it had great pacing. The actors all pretty much did all right, Marc Blucas (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) did totally ok as David and even though he first came off as a real jerk, his character kinda grew on you and eventually you ended up liking him, or at least felt a bit sorry for the guy.
All right, so do I recommend this flick or not? Well actually I do, if you enjoy thrillers that is but if you're into horror only, look elsewhere.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2006
DIRECTOR: Gideon Raff
WRITING CREDITS: Gideon Raff, Ryan Swanson
GENRE: Thriller
CAST: Marc Blucas, Joel Leffert, Shiri Appleby
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 98 min
RATING: 6/10
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