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When did you first see this? Where were you? What did you think?

posted 8 years ago by shango7200
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This was the first "R" rated movie I watched on the (then NEW) cable TV in about 1978 . I enjoyed it and I enjoyed it's "R Rated-ness". LOL . I was in high school at the time and at a friend's house.

But today:

This movie suffers from too much police procedural and too too much borrowing from "Rosemary's Baby".

I also remember walking by a local movie theater in 1977 and this was playing. I had no idea it was a horror movie !
I thought it was about a security guard protecting a rich woman from someone that was out to get her. LOL.

"The ENEMY of my ENEMY is my FRIEND"

[–] brefane-41162 8 years ago

Saw it at the ginormous, 2,000+ seating capacity, Rivoli theater on Broadway in NYC and found it disturbing, disgusting, exploitive, scary and creepy. Seeing it in the dark in that huge theater on an enormous screen intensified the effect the film had on me. I was in high school at the time and thought and still think it's pretty damned shocking!

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 8 years ago

I saw it at the movie theater at Fort Carson, Colorado, where I was stationed in the 70's. I went with a friend.
I thought it was frightening then. I still find it frightening. It's even better now when you see who was in it! Aside from the principle players which includes Eli Wallach and John Carradine, you have a young Christopher Walken and at the very end of the film, a young Tom Berenger!

[–] [email protected] (2017) 2 months ago

I just saw it tonight at home, alone. It was very poorly made on every count.

[–] thingmakersback (1373) 2 months ago

Well, the sands of time are nearly obscuring this... But. I saw it when it came out - free. Our local and beloved horror host (and I don't remember which it was -Bob Wilkins or John Stanley) and Creature Features gave out free tickets. And I can safely say the movie was cheap at twice the price. Kinda derivative with some nicely nasty gore and it pretty much got the job done. Didn't hate it then. Don't hate it now.