Rezension von ESNeifeld

This movie was shown in two parts on TV and ran over 240 minutes. It is truly a shame that the publisher of the VHS version saw fit to take editorial license and reduce the currently available version to approximately 122 minutes. If you can find an original full length version, snap it up as this classic is as scary now as it was back in 1973. At the age of nine this movie (when watched in the dark) on Channel 45's Ghost Host Theatre was enough to make me sleep with a light on. Classic acting by James Mason and a very young Jane Seymour made this production exceptional. Michael Sarrazin's portrayal of the monster did evoke sympathy and then fear. In the 240+ minute original, a few parts did drag, but the best way to see it is in it's entirety.