A lot of horror movies don't age well. Times change, palates mature. This is one of the movies I loved as a teenager when it first came out. We recorded it off HBO or whatever channel it was on and watched it over and over until something else came along. I watched it again and I was a little apprehensive. I was afraid it didn't age well. I didn't want to end up like Jay Gatsby disappointed that Daisy is no longer the pretty young girl he knew in Louisville. I'm happy to report that it's still pretty good for B movie.
There's a bunch of great actors on their way up in it. A bunch of veteran actors on their way down too. Casting is actually much better than a B movie deserves. That's I think why it holds up.
It's so refreshing to see a horror movie that doesn't have the dropped cellphone or the I-don't-have-a-signal-do-you conversation. More cliche' than a car that has trouble starting. There are a bunch of slapping the flashlight when the batteries die after 2 minutes which even in the 80's you could get a couple hours out of a flashlight.
It's refreshingly free of CGI animation. Everything done with makeup in camera. If you're a kid today it's going to be like watching black and white silent movies were to me. If you're Generation X, it's like going home to a room full of radioactive mutants ripping your flesh apart. Just good old fashioned fun.
There's a bunch of great actors on their way up in it. A bunch of veteran actors on their way down too. Casting is actually much better than a B movie deserves. That's I think why it holds up.
It's so refreshing to see a horror movie that doesn't have the dropped cellphone or the I-don't-have-a-signal-do-you conversation. More cliche' than a car that has trouble starting. There are a bunch of slapping the flashlight when the batteries die after 2 minutes which even in the 80's you could get a couple hours out of a flashlight.
It's refreshingly free of CGI animation. Everything done with makeup in camera. If you're a kid today it's going to be like watching black and white silent movies were to me. If you're Generation X, it's like going home to a room full of radioactive mutants ripping your flesh apart. Just good old fashioned fun.