How annoying is that girl?

Ah yes, that movie is one of the reasons I refused to own a Ouija board.

Anyhow, I thought Linda Blair was fine in it. I thought Susan Swift was fine in this during the nightmare scenes, even though her screaming was nerve wracking. She was whiny in the normal dialogue parts sometimes. Like after Ivy was burned at school, she was in the hospital talking to her parents crying "Why, why did I do it Daddy, why?" for some reason that part annoyed me.

I don't see how anyone can have a problem with Anthony Hopkins in this. This movie made me a fan of him, long before Silence of the Lambs. I could listen to him read the phone book.


I agree with you about Marsha Mason in this, she's great! Her reactions at the end, when Ivy is being hypnotized, are fantastic and heart breaking at the same time.




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Wow sometimes I really wonder if I've just watched the same movie as other people when I read misguided threads like this on imdb.

Susan Swift is superb in this part plain and simple. She screams in about 4 scenes because she is going through a TRAUMATIC PAST DEATH WHERE SHE'S INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH AND BURNS UNTIL SHE DIES! Do none of you empathy-lite 'she's annoying' fools realise this? So her screaming is loud. I'm sure most girls screaming is loud. She's having a severe trauma in her sleep ffs. Never mind wanting to push Ivy out of the window I'd rather do that to the OP Jackforrester instead who dropped his Troll Grenade and ran off!

Swift's performance is exemplary for one so young and in the 70s when child actors were usually awful and OTT. During all the haters turning-down-the-sound moments, they've obviously missed the severe panic in her eyes and her body language. She did really well and should be applauded for playing a difficult part very well.

How anyone can also criticise the other 3 main adult parts too is beyond me. They were all also great. Marsha Mason having her faith and morals continually tested throughout, John Beck reacting to a supposed threat to his family by lashing out, and above all Hopkins giving one of the best performances I've ever seen by him with his quiet unshakable belief and dignity. Just that restaurant scene where tears well up in his eyes as he's talking about Audrey Rose is breathtakingly touching acting.

And as for that numpty above aafleming - the movie ISN'T annoying and the main characters not being sympathetic means you don't seem to have any empathy. You say a sweeping empty statement like that and then back it up with zero evidence as to WHY they aren't sympathetic? I thought Mason in particular as the mother was incredibly sympathetic as was Hopkins in his own way.

The script was slightly iffy I'll give you that but the film was WELL ACTED, WELL DIRECTED AND ABOVE ALL INTERESTING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING. If you found it boring, I think your attention span might need working on and maybe try another action movie instead? It's Mason's best performance of her career in my opinion and one of Hopkins top 5. So glad they appeared in it and really glad it's on Netflix so more people find it!