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It's official, they just plain don't know how to make good horror now.

posted 17 years ago by digitalboy72
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I just rewatched this on YouTube after not laying eyes on it in at least 22 years and it **STILL** had the power to creep me out in a way that no modern horror film possibly could ever hope to.

This is easily one of the most unsettling displays of terror to come out of the genre. Admittedly it's a tad dated with the dress and Kim Darby's easy submission to her jackass husband but the tone, atmosphere and skin-crawling images remain firmly intact.

I doubt i'll be able to get the prune-like faces of those tiny demons out of my head for a while.

[–] GeneticSugarKane 17 years ago

I don't think Darby's "submission" is dated at all. The mother of one of my closest friends is a doormat for her husband... and rarely does anything without him knowing about it. He's not physically abusive as far as we know... she just doesn't stand her ground against him.

~Spirit desire, spirit desire, we will fall.~

[–] SipteaHighTea 17 years ago

You can say about husbands being doormats for their wives even though many of the husbands bring own the checks while many of the wives stay at home.

[–] rudy70 17 years ago

Spooked the *beep* out again