Despite Madman being one of the bloodier efforts it's also one of the less interesting slasher entries as well. It's boring and too stylish to really work. Sure it looks damn good, colorful and sharp, but because of it much of the movie is lacking the necessary claustrophobic backwood atmosphere, something which made something like Just Before Dawn so creepy. The film is shot on location but the outdoor scenes are so dark you almost can't tell. The characters are wholly uininteresting and insignificant as well. They always are in these movies, but these are particularly uninteresting (though one of them is played by Gaylen Ross from Dawn of the Dead hiding behind the pseudonym Alexis Dubin). Lastly Madman Marz himself still look like a guy with a rubber mask and white wig. Always have, always will. Give me a hockey-mask anyday. Strangely enough it gets a bit less boring during the last reel, though, I give it that. At least it tries not to be too formulaic and predictable. The killings are more gruesome than average too, at least a copule of them (mostly decaptitations but also a classic mashed head under a car hood) qualifies for inclusion on your teen-slashing greatest hits compilation tape (we've all made them). All in all, Madman is fair watching for genre nostalgics, but if you're going to spend any serious money, spend them on Just Before Dawn or The Burning instead.