Well "delivered"!

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2003)

Couple of spoilers
This great film has a sickening story. It's among the most scary films of all time. It made me squirm for days as any good horror film causing me to ask what if' questions about the plot. The characters are believable. All the actors played their parts perfectly. They are forward and open. They remind me of some disarming elderly people from a church congregation. This openness is what I think makes this film so scary as it is contrasted with a lot of the unknown. Sometimes, there is comic relief at the same time of insane fear. I think it outlines three levels of fear: 1.Knowing the unknown, 2.knowing that others know what you know and then 3.the helpless misery of not being able to change the circumstances by oneself, for it is in the spirit world and would be in vain. Slight Spoiler: It's amazing how all the stuff comes together at the end. Details are cleverly crafted.

Some films are a necessary evil. I think this film in particular is a must see that connects with the Hitchcock-ian style era horror and gives birth to the neo-gothic demonic horror that we experienced in say, (The Exorcist, 1973) or (The Omen, 1976). I just can't figure out why films of this genre seem to include the element of Catholicism.
Slight Spoiler: The movie looks a bit like what (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975) might possibly have based its satire on.