i loved the slow,ponderous 'psychological' middle section,i loved the theme of loneliness and madness,and the detectives sense of vengeance. it relieved the tension of the first act (you cant keep that kind of terror up for 90 mins..the audience would be exhausted) and it cranks it up slowly towards the end for a scary finale.
shareI thought it was brilliant it charmed me in , also great building to the end sequence and it really involves you in the story .
the more things change the more they stay the same
it was brilliant , great building up to theend seuqence and it involves you in the story plus its very interesting it just charmed me in .
the more things change the more they stay the same
I didn't hate the middle, and actually found it an interesting take - to show the killer's POV and his make-up etc, but I think because the end and beginning were so good, it would have been better to leave the middle for a lesser film and concentrate more on the babysitter/family.
"This is a faithful saying...Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."
Since I had seen the remake first, I was hoping that the original version would be similar, then I got truly disappointed when I first watched it, about three years ago. I was like "who cares about the murderer? Why expose him and the detective all that much?".
However, I re-watched it a couple of nights ago, and I must confess I enjoyed it much more this time around, and yes, the whole film, not only the beggining and the end. I think it had to do with the fact that Collen Dewhurst was such a magnificent actress, and even though she wasn't the main character and we get to see her only a few minutes, her screen presence was so powerful and her amazing face and attitude convey so much that she gets you to care about her. Of course, Charles Durning did a great job, as well, and so the actor who played the killer.
It's a rather unconventional horror movie, with many psychological-thriller elements in it, which makes it all the more interesting, though it must be rather boring for the fans of the genre who are only expecting for gore. Very well directed for the most part. The climax at the end really gave me the creeps. The last 20 minutes, or so, are really unsettling.
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I loved the whole film.
and I thought Carol Kane was great in the role..
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I thought the whole film was excellent too op.
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