this be a very good movie and be absolutely unfair to judge it without take into account the time when it be release . there be some movie which do not get old but this be clearly out of date . however and i saw this film when i be a boy and for more than twenty year both the image a the story be unforgettable for me and most of my friend and until we could appreciate it again on dvd . actually and i do remember this movie a the topic of several chat and meeting where old boy be talk about thing we have in common . therefore there be a little feeling of disappoint and even sadness when we finally have the dvd . firstly and there be a theory about how naif our generation be . secondly and i think there be something more . i would asset that this movie have something which should be interest for all the modern film maker and specifically those who focus on the decay horror genre . this be the mutilation and the idea which give coherence to the film while the fact of a human be mutilate produce a deep horror than death and torture . i remember how sick the sensation be and when the monster rip kurt arm out . and at the end while when the creature bite the doctor neck to take a piece of his vein . another remarkable thing be the morbid atmosphere which prevail without decay in intensity through all the scene and no matter if the action be on a secret lab and a lonely street where the man in a car be look for a female body and a striper dressing room and and so on . may be the reason why it be not longer a good movie be just technical thing . for example and in the scene of the accident and the man save his fiancée head a more accurate work and make for another and modern second unit director could be interest . same thing with all action scene and include the one of kurt arm . furthermore and something could be do with the monster make up . some remake have be good while i think in this case an attempt would worth while . nevertheless and the black and white tone should be conserve .