I'm guessing 90% anyone who is between the ages of 42-60 has seen this movie at least once. I'm on the lower end of that scale & when I was younger, it seemed like this movie & "the Boy Who Could Fly" was always on random weekends when I real movies would actually always play on the major networks. I don't think basketball off noggin is a spoiler. Hadnt seen either movie in decades. Actually saw this one prob 10 yrs & just finally saw it again. It's crazy that with so many movies, sometimes I struggle to find something new that interests me & so I find myself every 3-10 yrs rewatching movies I haven't seen in awhile. Sometimes it's like watching a movie for first time cuz you forget most of movie. Other times, u remember almost everything but sometimes see something you never noticed somehow.
Anyways, this is a solid movie. I don't think it's anything great but it's def solid. It so doesn't suck & im shocked any1 would give it a trash rating. I mean it was it. It's pretty simple story, but it works. It's better as a kid/teen imo but doesn't mean an adult can't enjoy it. Have to be interested in these kind of movies tho. I remember being really creeped out as a kid. Not as creeped as I was when I saw the Stepford Wives as A kid for first time back in late 80s but a little creeped out nonetheless. Now seeing it, it's not as creepy, but it's still good movie & if you like the stepford wives or have an acquired taste for 1980's movies & also movies in the horror & sci-fi genre. This is def 1 of the better movies of the 80s in that cat. When I say 1 of the better, it's a long list. Since imo it's the best time for those genres. However you have seemingly countless mixed in ova that period that are god awful & seemed like someone picked up a camcorder & gathered folks up round the neighborhood & they just winged it. This is Craven tho, and it has real actors, a good story & is well put together. Just don't watch it if you don't like horror or sci-fi'ish movies. Seems like that'd be obvious but we all know people who hand out 1s on movies we know don't deserve them & its clear to us that they just hate the genre of particular movie or are just weirdos.
Anyways, this is a solid movie. I don't think it's anything great but it's def solid. It so doesn't suck & im shocked any1 would give it a trash rating. I mean it was it. It's pretty simple story, but it works. It's better as a kid/teen imo but doesn't mean an adult can't enjoy it. Have to be interested in these kind of movies tho. I remember being really creeped out as a kid. Not as creeped as I was when I saw the Stepford Wives as A kid for first time back in late 80s but a little creeped out nonetheless. Now seeing it, it's not as creepy, but it's still good movie & if you like the stepford wives or have an acquired taste for 1980's movies & also movies in the horror & sci-fi genre. This is def 1 of the better movies of the 80s in that cat. When I say 1 of the better, it's a long list. Since imo it's the best time for those genres. However you have seemingly countless mixed in ova that period that are god awful & seemed like someone picked up a camcorder & gathered folks up round the neighborhood & they just winged it. This is Craven tho, and it has real actors, a good story & is well put together. Just don't watch it if you don't like horror or sci-fi'ish movies. Seems like that'd be obvious but we all know people who hand out 1s on movies we know don't deserve them & its clear to us that they just hate the genre of particular movie or are just weirdos.