Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Stellead
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
SteinMo
What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Jenni Devyn
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
guilfisher-1
I found this movie very boring. Slow on the suspense with maybe a couple of good actors waisted in their roles. Notablly, William Daniels and Salome Jens whom I have always respected in their work. But not even their presence helped this loser. It seems impossible that any town anywhere could get away with what this town does. And why would anyone wish to remain if it did. Chalk it up to stupidity and/or ignorance on their part.The two leads seemed to be walking through the movie. Both Cortese and Russell, looking very attractive, gave a two level performance. Their faces never seemed to change expression throughout the film. They just stare at each other. I guess you blame the director for that. Miss Russell is eye fetching, but not an actress. Mr. Cortese, also eye fetching, is rather one level. He runs good.INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS was better. Don't waste your time. 2 stars for Daniels and Jens' courage to make this chestnut.
Lara Muñoz
Well, the fact is that this film surprised me. I was 12 years old when i saw it, and I can tell that the story is good and different. Despite that is a TV movie, and the cast crew is medium-low actors, the film is good. I recommend it! Besides, it also was interesting for me because the date of the tombs its my birthday! The best scene is the moment in which people of the village start to throw the stones to the "chosen" by lottery, though is so predictable who it was to be chosen. (The girl , daugther of major of the town, or her mother). It was a critic for the attitude of the village town: how could it possible to allow this kind of events? Its inhuman act !!! Thanks heavens that is a film!!!
ABoggan
I have read some of the other commentaries that are negative about this movie, and realize they are missing the point. Shirley Jackson was a fantastic artist, capable of enumerating that which is evil about the human condition. This movie is not so far fetched if you consider the Aztec's or other ancient cultures who sacrificed their virgin women, or children to the volcano God's so that they would have a good harvest. That is the whole idea of this movie folks. They believed that sacrificing one of thier own was good for the whole. Far fetched? Not so. And she does it so well. Small town, townfolk being of the usual sort you find in any small town in America, and adds that twist that scares the bajeebers out of you. I had seen it before, but when it came on again, my boyfriend was with me,this being the first time for him, and a first time for me because I had never heard him scream before.
matahari1968
This film is truly an illustration that some traditions shouldn't be kept. If a tradition that has long been upheld causes extreme cruelty or death of those who follow it, then it should be abandoned. There are still traditions out there that are just as gruesome in real life and yet, just as the one in the film, are allowed to continue. Just as in the film, people become so blinded by their traditions that they sometimes forget the difference between right and wrong. Unspeakable acts are committed, yet those blinded by tradition just stand by and allow them to take place.
