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Much, much, better than The Church or Aquarius, Soavi is obviously finding his way as a director. A bit too over long and not everything makes sense - what's up with that rabbit?, but the film keeps your attention for much of it's length even though you aren't really sure what is going on. Most everything is explained in the end, and it was a nice surprise to see Herbert Lom outside of the Pink Panther films again.

Overall, a more worthwhile choice for those that liked Cemetery Man than either of Soavi's previous films.

Gotta dig that funky 70's soundtrack, and at times the film doesn't know if it is a romance, comedy, thriller, or horror film, but it is still pretty entertaining. The ending was a little abrupt and there were lots of plot threads left dangling, but all in all it takes you right back to 1974.

I was probably one of the handful of the people that totally missed this film theatrically and still managed to not hear the "secret", but I was ultimately disappointed when I did finally see the film.

The "secret" was so painfully obvious in the first twenty minutes that once I had guessed it the rest of the film was simply a game of seeing if what I was watching confirmed it....and inevitably it did.

I was also confused about so much effort being put into establishing the presence of spirits in the child's apartment, but when the plot was expanded to him 'listening' to them he instead seeks out another, entirely new character. What did the battered wife or the suicidal boy have to say, and other than to jump out and go "Boo!" what purpose did they serve?

It is still an entertaining, well made, and worthwhile film, but highly overrated.