Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Imitation as Flattery

This film, when originally released, was meant to ride the coattails of Wes Craven's "Shocker", but wound up being released first. Craven's battle with the MPAA for a rating that wouldn't kill his film in theatrical release, resulted in the better-directed and acted, "the Horror Show" being released ahead of his "Shocker". I feel that, although the plot was basically a stolen one, it was better done. The suspense and terror build nicely, and there are frightening elements to it that were missing in its progenitor. The acting was flawless, and Max Jenke is a more frightening killer than Freddy even hoped to be. A true classic, and a must-have for the collector of horror/slasher flicks.