Best horror movie ever... and it truly stands the test of time

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2008)

The absolutely exquisite use of lighting, direction and musical score drive you to the point where it is almost unbearable to look at the screen. You feel so uneasy and sick to your stomach, because your mind is pushed to the point where you just can't take it anymore. The eyes, the fly, the piercing music...
All the money, gore and cheesy special effects used in today's 'horror movies' (it's been a while since I have actually seen a modern film worthy of being called a horror movie) will never be able to hold a candle to this classic. It works because it's simple and plausible. That feeling in your gut when you see a flicker of something unsettling in someone's eyes, but you ignore it. That sound in the night that you convince yourself you didn't hear. That movement in the shadows that you couldn't possibly have seen...right up until it's too late for you put all those pieces together. What could be more horrifying than that? The last time I saw this film was 15 years ago. I watched it last night and still couldn't get to sleep.