Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2012)

This movie is a classic no doubt. It may appear cheesy but that's by todays standards. Back then it was the height of scary. It is scary in a different way. It doesn't have "jump out of the wall" moments as nearly all films these days have. Instead it is more of a creepy and intense movie. Jack Nicholson nails the part perfectly as an angered man who becomes psychotic. The other star actors play their roll very well also. A good movie to me is when you look forward to seeing more instead of sitting and waiting for it to be over. This movie is definitely good. The only downsides I find with the movie is the backstory to it is a little bit underdeveloped. It is explained in general which is OK but a little more info would help to explain further scenes in the movie. It does however leave one to wonder why such things happened in the first place. I won't go into details but if you've watched it you probably know what I mean. As far as violent/bloody, this movie does have some blood and a cringing scene with a woman but there is no gore, just blood. The blood is not excessive though and is fine by even my standards. As far as profanity goes there's several F bombs and B words but isn't used every sentence like so many movies are today. The N word shows up a few times as well. All together I give it a 9/10.