Great Movie with wicked special effects

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2006)

This was a very cool horror movie with tons of visual style and very good replay value. I even liked the music (which Carpenter usually does himself with mixed results; the Halloween music was killer though-this time it is done by some Italian guy I've never heard of).The acting was great I always like Keith David and I was surprised by Wilford Brimley. I never saw him in anything but commercials before this and I have to admit it was pretty weird to see him in a movie like this. The thing that makes this one great is the claustrophobic feeling and the special effects; they are just plain crazy. Carpenter must have had some help from Mary Jane on this one.
It does have one of the stupidest moments in horror movie history in it though. The blood screams when he touches it with the hot copper wire? Umm how?!? My god that was brilliantly stupid. If you liked this movie I would recommend the Alien movies and Mimic, and if you liked the blood screaming I would recommend anything by Ed Wood.