A unique horror classic.

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 1999)

This film was boring at times but the ending was so dramatic and interesting that it can never be forgotten. The movie is filled with confusing yet eerie scenes and I would suggest the book before diving into this film. However, the second time I watched it, I could understand the parallels and the curses that were placed and I fully understood what John Cassevetes did for his successful career. The last 30 minutes of the movie was exciting and suspenseful and it is something so unique that it can never be duplicated--sorry Hush. The performance of Mia Farrow was marvelous.. She was beautiful, innocent, dramatic, and it was someone that the viewers could really sympathize and excite for. The motherly song sing by Mia herself seemed so bizarre--the innocent lullaby was turned into such a question and the fact that they placed that motherly song in between all the witches and pills was so bizarrre. I would agree that Ruth Gordan certainly played up her part over the top but I liked Mia so much she seemed somewhat of a distraction. Kind of like a cranky neighbor from The Simpsons that you just want to go away--you're too cookey and you bother me. This movie really presented the question of what will happen now but to make a sequel could certainly not be as good as this. God is Dead, All of Them Witches, curses, Satan, and a world full of drugs and cultist and motherly scheming make this one of the most interesting horror films ever created.