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Is this movie scary at all if you`re an adult???


I am a huge horror movie buff and my favourite type of horrors are ghost/haunted house films.So my question is - I can not recall seeing this movie and would like to know if this one is scary at all?It sure is scary for children (what movie isn`t) and maybe even teens but me being 26 and after watching hundreds and hundreds of horrors - is it worth seeing ???

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It's somewhat creepy at times, but no, it's never really scary.

What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life!

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Just saw this again for the first time since seeing it as a child. It totally holds up. Spooky, with some good horror movie moments (a mirror scene early in the movie is particularly goosebump-inducing, for example). Believable characters, nothing hokey or dumbed-down. I found the ending suprising, but it explained some things which I couldn't understand during the movie (and is very satisfying). I would recommend you watch it again too!

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'Spooky' really is the best word to use to describe this film. It was spooky to me as a child and it's spooky now as an adult. Good story. Good tension. Good mystery...I remember the first time I saw it I thought it was a ghosty, but the realization toward the end that it wasn't really a ghost was a great little twist.
All in all, I'd say it's just as enjoyable as an adult as it was in my childhood. The 'spook' factor doesn't fade in the least.



The bee hunts in pairs....and other fruits...

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It was scary when i was a kid but I need to see the movie again.

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