My dad told me the original scared him when he was a kid. Then he saw this.

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2002)

My dad had a copy of this on Beta back in 1983-4. He put it in and said " The original (1951) was the only movie that ever scared me as a kid." This makes that look like a tea party. I was 21 then and it became one of my favorite movies. This is John Carpenter's best film in my opinion. It's got it all! It's dark, funny, gross and the monster is so very nasty! I also like the fact that there's no violence against women in this film (an all to familiar aspect of most horror movies). Kurt Russell and the rest of the cast are coarse in a way that really suits the characters. These are NOT the Hollywood pretties of "Scream" and "I know what you did" et. al. It's believable. Carpenter never wallows in violence for violence sake. It's just plain creepy. I'm glad to see this movie getting a following. They should make more films like this. I'm a little surprised sequel crazy Hollywood hasn't churned out a couple of more. If you haven't seen it; Rent it. If you don't own it; Buy it. You'll be sleeping with a flamethrower handy before you know it. Just because your paranoid doesn't mean your dog won't sprout tentacles out it's head. Hey, it could happen!