Mixed Reactions to First Scene -SPOILERS

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This easily ranks as one of the best horror thrillers. It had a literate script that had you convinced, or 'almost' Dig the dark atmospheric suspense, where you sense its presense.

Like many, I was conflicted with the first scene, where the demon is revealed. END OF MYSTERY.

But it worked astoundingly as a memorable, great horror scene. (I won't nitpic the creature FX, but its 'warts' added to its creepiness).

If we had just seen the smoke erupting across the distant marsh, that could of worked. We still aren't exactly sure yet.

The Studio added in the monster shots for obvious Box Office reasons. Even shown on the DVD cover. They should have just shown their faces reacting to something off-screen. Maybe with the lurking shadow behind them.

The director said that, for the final scene, he filmed one quick shot of it, coming up from the mist behind the train, hence only catching it for a second, leaving you wondering if you really saw it.

However, the Studio added in more close-ups of it

The director and cast were surprised at NOTD's premiere- and pissed.

As I said, the first scene we see it, it works great as the classic horror scene, but it killed the mystery as to whether it exists. Wonder if others got this reaction?

Excellent adaptation of M.R. James' 'Casting The Ruins' The screenwriter had worked with Hitchcock, and wrote the script for the feature version of 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'. Were there ever any Sea Demons episodes?

What other James' stories could be adapted?

NOTD is the perfect 2:00 AM Horror Movie.