I think this may be Craven's best Hollywood picture. Not saying he's a complete hack ever since he sold out, he makes decent films though I'm no fan of the Scream franchise. I would consider Craven to be a beast who has lost his fangs and this was the last film he made that's really subversive.
Yeah the kid in it has a few one-liners but it's certainly a very subversive horror picture with things in it you just wouldn't see today in big mainstream film. And the acting by the parents are absolutely phenomenal. The bath scene is still effective and I'll argue that the ultra religious parents are based on Craven's childhood as I recall reading his childhood was pretty rough with ultra conservative parents.
This one doesn't get a lot of love. What do you guys think?
Yeah the kid in it has a few one-liners but it's certainly a very subversive horror picture with things in it you just wouldn't see today in big mainstream film. And the acting by the parents are absolutely phenomenal. The bath scene is still effective and I'll argue that the ultra religious parents are based on Craven's childhood as I recall reading his childhood was pretty rough with ultra conservative parents.
This one doesn't get a lot of love. What do you guys think?
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