Seriously, two horror movies in a row? I must be truly desperate for cinematic catharsis.
Did you see the original in 1980? I wonder how I did -- given that I had barely reached double digits in age that year -- and yet I did. (I blame my sister. In the 80s, she and her friends rented many movies that I should never been allowed to watch with them ... and yet I was.) What was accepted as commonplace in the 80s doesn't really fit all that well on screen almost 30 years later. Like topless water skiing in a horror movie. Ironically, I appreciated this movie on a nostalgic level. Had many flashbacks to our front room with my sister and her friends. But how many others in the intended youth audience of today is going to be doing that? Speaking of which, why is an R movie intending youth audiences? Am I so old I am now asking such questions? I guess so. I apparently am also old enough to have recognized the inherent 1980-ness of this movie. Other than my own nostalgia, not sure that's a good thing. Verdict: Movie Rental if You Must.
