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Yes, it is excellent and underrated but this movie is only for teens and adults. It is WAY TOO SCARY for pre-teen and younger kids. They won't sleep for a week.... The central theme of normal-looking, adult women turning into vicious, child-killing witches with the talented direction making for intense suspense throughout and the violence directed at children is really too much for kids. My kids, 9 and 5, couldn't even finish it and they will watch just about anything. See the message board for "scariest movie iI ever saw as a kid" and this one is right up there. No surprise! Other comments: Mr Bean talks! Yes, he has a speaking part. In his later movies he does not, allegedly because of his poor speaking voice. It sounds fine in this movie, though he may have been dubbed.

I just had to add my comment to raise the average on this one. Paul Giamatti lets it all hang out in this one and is a hoot. He would probably say it was easy, but he really does a great job and should have won something for it. We've had the DVD for several years and my kids (boy now 4 1/2 and girl 9) will watch this one over and over, and the humor is adult enough that I don't mind having to hear it in the background (and I do run to the TV for the really funny parts). Simple moral message, lots of decent action and slapstick, "bad" grownups acting goofy to take the edge off, minimal bad language and minimal potty jokes make it hard to beat for a family standard.

OK, fans, it's out on DVD. But the only reason to watch this is 1) to say you did (due to its notoriety), or 2) if you're a hardcore Bill Paxton fan. I am not a hardcore BP fan but he was fun to watch and it was the only thing that kept me from turning this off from sheer boredom. It's a shame, because this could have been a good movie with some script work and if made by someone with some intelligence (and with a cast led by someone besides the totally miscast and talentless Judd Nelson). Sure it's gross, but it's BAD, and not in a good way. If after reading all the comments on how bizarrely revolting and dystopianly filthy this movie is you are still interested, do yourself a favor and see some GOOD bizarre revolting dystopian filth instead. Films by John Waters, David Lynch, Peter Jackson's "Braindead", Henenlotter's "Basket Case", etc., all come to mind. There's lots better out there.