Wordiezett So much average

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

BA_Harrison Released from hospital after a nervous breakdown, Alice Jarett (Lynne Adams) moves into a country house with her philandering husband Martin (Pierre Lenoir), who has employed a team of workmen to renovate the property. At night, after the workmen have gone home and as Martin sleeps (having taken tranqs), Alice hears noises and investigates, discovering a lone carpenter (played by straight-to-video star Wings Hauser) hard at work. The genial craftsman befriends the flaky housewife, and becomes her guardian angel, using his handy array of power-tools to take care of those who mean to do her harm. It eventually transpires that Alice's new friend is the ghost of Ed, the man who originally built their home, and who was executed in the electric chair after killing those who tried to repossess his property.I first saw The Carpenter in the wee hours at an all-night horror festival and struggled to stay focused thanks to the film's rather slow pace. But even with me wide awake this time around, the languorous approach still made this one drag quite a bit. As the carpenter with a screw loose (pun intended), Hauser absolutely nails it (pun also intended), being both charismatic and menacing, and there are a couple of reasonably bloody death scenes, but for much of the time I was bored (bored... board... geddit? OK, I was struggling with that one!).

Leofwine_draca THE CARPENTER is an oddball little horror film of the 1980s given a new lease of life on DVD by Code Red. It's a cheap Canadian effort that nonetheless has a unique and odd little feel to it, a dream-like atmosphere you don't often see at this budget in this genre. The plot is reminscient of TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY, albeit with a murderous slant. A crazy young woman moves into a house which is being renovated and soon encounters Wings Hauser, the titular character, who is doing up her basement. The only problem is that a) he's a ghost, and b) he's a murderer. A string of cheesy power tool-assisted death scenes follows, hardly convincing, but mildly amusing for the horror lover. The acting is of a variably standard but Hauser is fun in a kooky way and the running time is too brief for this to outstay its welcome.

merklekranz "The Carpenter" is not likely to win many fans from the guts and gore crowd. The carpentry tool killings are so over the top, that they are only going to hold interest for admirers of "black comedy". Throw in at least average acting, a story with some originality for a change, and of course a deranged Wings Hauser. Since my girlfriend didn't leave the room and kept watching, even after arms were being cut off with a circular saw, I can confirm a certain romantic angle that I didn't see coming. Without the presence of Wings, this is completely forgettable. Wings fans will not be disappointed. In good conscience I cannot recommend this as a date movie, but I do recommend "The Carpenter" as a good dark comedy. - MERK

Vivekmaru45 This is a horror film that portrays some chilling ways in which a person can be killed using ordinary carpenter's tools. Those of you who expect gore, will be more than satisfied, as this film highlights some disturbing killings perpetrated by The Carpenter (Wings Hauser). Plot: Martin (Pierre Lenoir) and Alice Jarett (Lynne Adams) move into a new house that has some unfinished construction and repair-work to be done. Martin bought this property and is very happy with it. Alice who is still recovering from a nervous breakdown also takes to the house. She keeps busy doing menial chores while Martin, who is a lecturer is away at work.Unknown to Alice is that the house has a sinister history attached to it. Meanwhile Martin is having an affair with a student of his for sometime. By mistake the student gets pregnant and she tells Martin about it. Martin tells her that the relationship is off and she should get an abortion.In the middle of the night Alice hears some hammering and sawing sounds like someone at work. She goes to investigate and meets The Carpenter (Wings Hauser) for the very first time. They start talking. And both start show an interest in one another. Alice leaves The Carpenter to his work. When morning comes, Alice finds no trace of The Carpenter who has mysteriously vanished. Sheriff J.J. Johnston makes a visit to Alice to welcome her into the community. And it is here that we learn the tale of the former owner of the house....The house belonged to a married man, who wanted to build a house all by himself for his wife. He became obsessed with the house. Meanwhile his wife leaves him and he is devastated. He goes into debt but still wants to finish the house at all cost. Some men are sent to repossess the house but are all killed in gruesome ways. The man is caught and sentenced to death by electrocution. It is the ghost of this man that wonders in the house during the house trying to finish it.See the film to find out what happens next...Excellent acting by all actors in the film. The special effects are good. Background music score is excellent. And overall a rare film to get hold off. I suggest if you see it to buy it for your horror movies collection.