Silent scream

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2002)

Unlike the wild, noisy audience reaction to "Jaws" in 1975 this film had a quiet and tense atmosphere in the theater. There had been stories of people screaming and running up the aisles upon viewing the movie and I knew I had to be there. My experience was one of stunned silence throughout the entire film. The only comment I heard happened after the masturbation scene when the woman behind me stood up and said "Sh**, I need a cigarette."