7/10
good creepy early 70's flick
12 September 2008
Stephen King is a big fan of this film so how bad could it be? Jessica, her husband and good friend move from New York City to a nice quiet house in Connecticut to start over. Jessica was just released from a mental institution and this new environment should be perfect for her. Well, needless to say, it's far from perfect. All the townspeople are very strange and all have strange scars on their bodies. A seemingly friendly stranger named Emily befriends the group and soon she is living with them as she has nowhere to go. Jessica goes back to hearing voices and seeing things like she did in the hospital. What's real and what's not? Are these delusions? The movie centers around these questions and has a nice creepy pace. The heavy synth soundtrack works well and is not overdone like in some other horror films similar to this. The acting, especially by Zohra Lampert as Jessica and Mariclare Costello as Emily is very credible. Definitely worth a look for fans of creepy movies.
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