THIS is the scariest movie ever made.

i agree

The first half hour and last half hour is amazing but that middle half hour, while pretty good, is not as good as the rest of the film...




So you do have a plan? Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

The atmosphere of tension created in this movie is almost unparalleled. Agree totally! It's surprising that the director, Fred Walton, didn't go on to do many more horror/suspense movies.

He actually recreated the sense of dread in "When A Stranger Calls Back" (Act I) which is almost as good as this. Even better in a way, since most of us know the call is coming from inside the house, but don't know the payoff in the sequel!

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I have a high threshhold for horror movies, I absolutely love them. But this movie had my heart pounding, having me in full fledged fight or flight mode. I paused it at fifteen minutes in and I have yet to get back to it...and that was a little over a week ago. The camera angles were brilliant, maybe a little too brilliant.

The creepiest part wasn't the killer, but what was not happening.The way they kept that focus on the blackness behind the babysitter, and kept us waiting for him to walk out of it was terrifying. I'm nervous just thinking about it again. This movie hits on all my fears. The idea someone could be living in your house without you knowing is what nightmares are made of. I had a nightmare about this very thing almost twenty years ago that has stayed with me, and probably at some point it will become a novel. Maybe I can finally work through some of these fears.

~Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable~

Definitely one of them; atmospheric and suspenseful (its one of my favorites).








"Martyr me for Cordis Die."

It's a genuine thriller, even if you watch a lot of scary movies. The suspense is almost always unbearable.

The opening is expertly executed. Superb tension.