NewYorkRipper

A movie with tension from beginning to end, with an interesting method of fading to still black and white image every time there is a scene change or the location is changed.

This works all but once, when it is used in the middle of a busy chase scene towards the end.

If you like a movie set almost entirely at night, with some very lost and scared protagonists on the run and trying to make it back home, then this is one to check out.

I had read many reviews of this Mario Bava "classic" and have seen it re-released many times due to the cult status it holds. Starting to watch this however I really couldn't understand why.

I am no stranger to a good Italian movie and some of those can be very slow and lacking substance, so I was expecting big things knowing this was a cult classic, however I almost fell asleep in the beginning of this.

It was just so slow to go anywhere, it felt like almost nothing was happening. It almost has an "Omen"-esque feel to it, where something seems to be up with the boy, but we are not totally sure what it is.

Stick with it though, as the pace increases around the halfway point and doesn't really stop until the bloody conclusion. It's never going to be as good as "Blood and Black Lace", but it's certainly worth a watch.

I rarely review on here, but I thought this movie was worth leaving some comments. We have had something of a resurgence of alien/abduction type movies in the last few years, however very few I found any desire to review.

With this movie, the opening scenes try to grip us from the beginning, as we discover a girl being pursued by something that we cannot see, in what appears to be the middle of nowhere.

The movie tries to move along throughout at a continuous pace, although has some moments where it slows down for some character development. Mostly it keeps you watching by moving along at a steady pace.

It attempts to switch at certain times to the 'run for your life, serial killer on the loose' type modern horror movie moments, keeping up the tension. It is not the same kind of tension as found in a slasher movie though, where the enemy is always visible, but probably more like the tension in the like of "The Entity" (1982) - because we know something is there but with almost supernatural knows who knows what it can and will do next.

The directing style is a throwback to that of such movies such as "Communion" (1989), "Intruders" (1992) and "Fire In The Sky" (1993) and shows such "Alien Nation" (1989-1990) and "The X-Files" (1993-1996 episodes). Anyone who is of an age to remember and appreciate these these should similarly enjoy this movie, although you will find most of the ideas have been 'borrowed' from elsewhere.

The overall movie may be considered an attempt to bring these ideas and an appreciation for this directing style to a younger generation - most who like nothing more than the cheap thrill of the modern scare will be bored with this, but those with a few brain cells will hopefully be encouraged to investigate some of the older horror that is available just a little more after watching this.