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 Let's Scare Jessica to Death (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1971 / Director: John D. Hancock / Actors: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin ... more  Let's Scare Jessica to Death (DVD) ... O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Alan Manson ... / DVD released 29 August, 2006 at ParamountNewest Review: ... dreamlike atmosphere that's sustained well, providing an unusual ambience. There are a few really nice scare moments, and the ... more ... hostile townsfolk are creepy, starting out as old men who don't like hippies, but gradually becoming something genuinely uncanny.
But that really isn't enough for me. One big problem is that I didn't find any of the characters likeable on any level. I'm fairly sure the hippie menfolk were meant to be faintly repellent (they get nicely proprietorial about 'their' women). But I didn't find myself liking Jessica either. In fact I found myself generally cursing all hippies - Cartman in South Park is absolutely right. By...more |
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death (DVD): Let's bore hogsflesh to tears (779 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 11.03.08 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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A review of just the film. This is a low-budget, understated horror movie from 1971. It's acquired a reputation as an underrated classic, a subtly chilling little film deserving of a wider audience. I can't agree with that at all. A woman called Jessica has just been released from a sanatorium. Along with her hippie husband and their hippie friend Woody, she goes to live in a remote farmhouse. They find a girl called Emily already living there, and decide to let her stay out of the hippie goodness of their hearts. But soon Jessica is plagued by strange voices and seeing things that no one else can see. Is her mental illness reoccurring, or is there ...
