In Reply to: Most effective Horror movie?? posted by Mr.Mc on June 26, 2001 at 16:53:41:
The 1953 version, not the unwatchable '86 remake. I first saw this on TV when I was perhaps 6 years old and it frightened the hell out of me. I had nightmares about it for weeks. It was done on a low budget but not by low talents (William Cameron Menzies directed). The central plot device - a young boy discovers an alien invasion in his backyard, and all the authority figures he turns to for help have already been enslaved by the aliens - couldn't be any scarier to a child. There's a few great images in it too, primarily the scenes showing people being pulled down into the sand.
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