It still stands on it's own!

Rating: 9/10 (1 November 2000)

I dislike two things about this movie, the editing and the screenplay. But everything else is great, it still managed to deliver the same aural presence that I remembered when I saw it as a kid. I think it could be the fact that Jack MacGowran and several other people died making this movie, they are probably getting all the people who are watching this film, and bravo to them (poor guys)!! Although the editing in all the scenes that foreshadow this movie didn't seem to be planned very well, it had little impact on the rest of the movie, which is rare. The screenplay has one small thing, a SPOILER to be sure, but a small irk nonetheless, the crucifix scene (I can't see how she's raping or masturbating w/ it) looked a little silly to me, it should've had more eroticism to it, better subjective lighting would've been a plus. The way it's presented would make me think, "Oh, what's she doing now ?" rather than "!" But I think that was the only way to get it past the censors back in 73', everything else is precision and atmophere, which this movie carries well. A 9, with another hand to the people who died on the set of this film, it'll carry on if they have a say in it!