PrimeWire

I was 14 when I saw this in a theater when it came out in ‘72. I consider this classic horror - the real thing. It was the first really high impact deeply scary movie I’d ever seen. Kept me awake at night for days and even now gives me shivers if I let myself think about it - I try not to. It’s that nightmarish. My friends and I were speechless after this. The terror penetrated to our bones. Maybe if I watched it again now it wouldn’t be so impactful, but back then this kind of movie was new. Nothing prepared us. I think we were too young. If I had kids I don’t think I’d let them see it until they were 18. You will either think this is truly sick or at the highest artistic level for the genre. It is both.