Simply Haunting

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2001)

While basically a rehash of nearly everyone else's comments, this movie is a classic, a masterpiece that should be a comparison for all other thrillers to come.
Every aspect of the movie, from the wonderful casting to the incredible story, is top-notch. It is a credit to the writers and producers that they left the original storyline intact, when in todays hollywood features, it is often likely to change the ending so everything turns out in a happy way.
The only unfortunate aspect of the movie is that it spawned so many copycat movies, from Along Came A Spider to Watcher to the numerous other pyscho-maniac thrillers in which the filmmaker tries to cause some sympathy towards the maniac as you do with Anthony Hopkins. Never does this movie rise to a level of exploitation as the numerous others do.
This is just a perfectly done movie that will be watched for decades to come.