The perfect holiday film? "First broadcast on ITV, at 9pm Christmas Eve 1989, it haunted all who watched it, thanks in part to Wise's tense, economical direction, and one of the greatest jump-scares in the history of horror. '[It created] a genuine physical reaction,' wrote Nancy Banks-Smith in the Guardian, 'as if one layer of […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM on August 9, 2020