Danlanham

I'm a fiftyone year old man with too much stress and worry in his life. I've always depended on the whimsy of Pooh to calm me in the storm. I even have a Pooh tattoo to signify his importance in my life. This film was everything I could have hoped for.

Like most of the people posting before me, I too remembered being profoundly impacted by this little movie as a wee lad in the mid-seventies. I loved this film as a child, as a matter of fact I have had an affinity for all manner of apocalyptic fiction ever since, from the 1980 cartoon, "Thundar the Barbarian" to the book "Alas Babylon" to the film "I am Legend" and up to and including the recent television series "Jericho". Yes, this movie was the seed of my love for an entire genre of fiction. I don't recall many details regarding this film but I do remember that I was deliciously creeped out by it. I saw it only the one time but I am excited to be able to get the opportunity to watch it again as I have TiVoed it off of the Fox Movie Channel and will be watching it as soon as I post this.

I first saw this film in the mid-eighties, when I was out of school on a snow day. I thought it was a great movie. So when I saw the opening credits pop up on the tv screen one day when I was channel surfing, I thought I would enjoy a nostalgic treat from my teen years. I got 15 minutes into it and realized that I must have had terrible taste in movies when I was 17, because this film was just flat out bad. I can still enjoy some of the other teen films from this era, i.e. "Breakfast Club", even if only for the nostalgic value, but not this turkey. It was just unwatchable.