Best Horror flick even after almost 30 years !

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2009)

I had the opportunity to check out the DVD edition of this flick and on a 50 inch plasma was indeed almost as frightened as I was seeing it nearly 30 years ago.
The flick is produced with great attention to detail and progresses slow enough to be compelling drama and fast enough to haunt ones memory.
All acting was superb and with todays shallow directing, this flick remains at the top of the pile.
The casting was also excellent from Danny LLoyd to Of course Jack Nick'.
I did miss a few subtle things in my first screening of this movie and was fascinated by the apparent philosophical theme of eternal recurrence. Although this theory is said valid over huge amounts of time, this flick compresses it down from 1921 to 1980 !
I also thought of another chiller that exploits ghosts and the same theme. Wind Chill. Both films are indeed chilling and enduring.