Some great ol' horror shock here.

Double feature this with "Johnny Got His Gun" and prepare yourself for the most depressingly miserable evening of your life. Great idea, with no explanations or character development and lots of atmosphere.

Perchance to Deathdream. Started off with a good idea, but didn't quite get to the level of classic as "Black Christmas" and "A Christmas Story". There were times when the characterizations / motivations of the parents seemed bizarre. And what was up with the guy playing with the blinds? And the guy who got run over at the drive in? On the positive side, I really liked the use of lighting from the upstairs through the bannister in a couple of scenes. Lastly, the flaming car chase was fabulous!

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It's pretty refreshing to see a relatively simple film like this succeed in creating an atmosphere of doom and gloom. I wasn't really engaged throughout the whole thing (partly because of the at times annoying soundtrack), but as the end approaches things got pretty dark and my interest increased. Some decent make-up work from Savini and the guy who plays Andy does a good job being a creepy psycho.

Way ahead of its time.

A brilliantly sick allegory. The final scene is a fright-film classic in this Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" Meets _Night of the Living Dead_.

Neat little horror film, dated but charmingly so. There's some depth (not much) to it, yet despite allegorical pretentions the film never feels like it bites off more than it can chew and it's modest aspirations are fully realized. It's not essential in any way, but it's an enjoyably unpleasant way to spend an hour and a half, worthy of both a rewatch and an early spot on an allnight horrorthon.

Clarks other '74 cult classic is a brilliant tale of a soldier's return to his family.