One of the best horror films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 1999)

This film still has the power to haunt you. To terrify you. Even today, in the post-Scream world.
When I was five, my entire family - cousins too - packed into their pickup trucks to see this movie. It is the ultimate fisherman's movie, and I come from a fisherman family. I sat next to my dad, and asked him to tell me when the scary parts come. My dad said, "I haven't seen this either. How will I know when the scary parts come?" I implored him to let me know when he THOUGHT they might come.
Guess what. He didn't. Thank you, Dad.
This film stands the test of time, and I give it a 10.
Also, does anyone know if Robert Shaw's Indianapolis speech was improvised? For years I've heard that it was.