I can appreciate the story's horrific value and the fact that it was made in 1982; the otherwordly material is definitely great grounds for an awesome scary flick.
I think it had definite potential as something I would have enjoyed, but I have trouble appreciating a movie when the details aren't SOMEwhat realistic.
As soon as the first night, when the (OH holy man what horrible acting!!) father, who certainly doesn't fit in with the family, hits the mother...and is whacking the kids with a belt for seemingly nothing... see, a normal woman would've been like, "I'm holla, I'll be at the precinct (or at LEAST, "I'll be at mother's with the children"... b/c it's a 1982 movie and all). And to be honest, he looks like a homeless Archie Bunker drunkard she picked up off the street in her Volvo and married at the little chapel next to the Piggly Wiggly...and created a weird little family with. Why the hell does she apologize to the priest for the dad, and why doesn't the priest call protective services (or at least stay with the kiddies) when he sees dad hitting them? Hmm. I kinda wanted the both of them to get theirs, they both irritated the heck outta me within a few minutes.
The brother and sister had been doing it way before they moved into that house. Convenient excuse!! Somehow, I still liked them (the older brother at least had something of a screen presence) but couldn't think of them as siblings. More like the older brother's girlfriend had just moved in with them. Yeah, that's better.
I feel bad for the little kids. And kinda for me, watching that acting. Hmm. Guess I just wanted to see what the fuss was about.
As soon as the first night, when the (OH holy man what horrible acting!!) father, who certainly doesn't fit in with the family, hits the mother...and is whacking the kids with a belt for seemingly nothing... see, a normal woman would've been like, "I'm holla, I'll be at the precinct (or at LEAST, "I'll be at mother's with the children"... b/c it's a 1982 movie and all). And to be honest, he looks like a homeless Archie Bunker drunkard she picked up off the street in her Volvo and married at the little chapel next to the Piggly Wiggly...and created a weird little family with. Why the hell does she apologize to the priest for the dad, and why doesn't the priest call protective services (or at least stay with the kiddies) when he sees dad hitting them? Hmm. I kinda wanted the both of them to get theirs, they both irritated the heck outta me within a few minutes.
The brother and sister had been doing it way before they moved into that house. Convenient excuse!! Somehow, I still liked them (the older brother at least had something of a screen presence) but couldn't think of them as siblings. More like the older brother's girlfriend had just moved in with them. Yeah, that's better.
I feel bad for the little kids. And kinda for me, watching that acting. Hmm. Guess I just wanted to see what the fuss was about.
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