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Great film

posted 17 years ago by mark-jen
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I also have seen this film i have it on vhs i wouldnt mind it on dvd i think this was one of the scariest films of its time

[–] ffishpaw 17 years ago

I agree. How can anyone disagree with a twisted story of murderous obsession where the antagonist (or the protaganist depending on how you look at it) cuts off his own face? :) AWESOME!!!! Well worth owning on DVD in my opinion because this movie is a great conversation piece and worth owning on a medium that will last.

[–] Youma 17 years ago

"I agree. How can anyone disagree with a twisted story of murderous obsession where the antagonist (or the protaganist depending on how you look at it) cuts off his own face? :) AWESOME!!!!"

Uh, no. Bad acting, cheesy dialogue. But the protagonist/antagonist totally cuts his own face! OMG. What a masterpiece.

[–] tigalincoln 17 years ago

I also own it on VHS.anyone know whether it will be released on DVD?

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[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

I got it for a buck on VHS: money well spent. Not necessarily the best horror film I've seen, but certainly an imaginative break from the '80s slasher cliches.

[–] Woodyanders 14 years ago

I agree. This film was a welcome and refreshing departure from the usual brutal slasher fare that was fashionable at the time. Jenny Wright made for a very appealing and attractive heroine while William Randall Cook was extremely creepy and menacing as the vicious and grotesquely disfigured villain. 8 out of 10 from me.

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[–] RockatanskyZ 14 years ago

This movie is a fantastic one for the group get togethers for "dinner and a movie" or by yourself at about 2 in the morning.

I disagree the acting and dialogue are cheesy. It isnt Oscar winning material at all, but that isn't the reason you watch a movie like this. You watch this movie for the same reason Virginia read the pulp fiction books...this is a pulp fiction book movie...it is filmed as you would read it. This movie is watched because it is fun, has some nice scares in it and makes you wonder was she dreaming all this? Caught up in the story? Was it real at all? A blend of reality and fantasy?

Case and point...the scene leading to the upper level of the bookstore. The stairs, literally the stairway to her mind, littered with all the trashy crime/suspense/horror paperbacks Virginia had read throughout the years fueling the fantasy. The Madman that can't be killed, reading events from the previous book to defeat the killer, and (finally) the jackal-boy and Madman flying out the window as a bunch of paperback pages blowing into the wind.

[–] miahstro 9 years ago

I don't find this movie scary at all, yet I still really like it. To me it's very cozy and comforting. It's like R.L. Stine decided to create an adult Goosebumps story.

It's a great movie to put on at four in the morning.