i first saw this movie a year after it come out and it be 1989 and i be 14 and and i have never be so scared in my life and i have just watch it again and and while it still scary i be now 32. while a lot of horror film from this time focus on annoy teenager be slash up . this derange killer be far more interesting and sadistic and ( it seem they take idea from jack the ripper with the killer in black with brief case and pierce eye while walk round misty murky street ) ) there be one scene near the beginning and a killing of an actress that be so bloody and gore fested that at 14 i throw up . some of the acting be deliberately do bad and actor sometimes have to do this to make the movie look more enigmatic this seem the case with the lead actress jenny wright and i have see her in other movie and she can most definitely act and the movie also have this 50 look about it and a the killer time travel his way out of her book . the only thing that i find fault with and be the murder scene be not that gory and ( apart from the redhead ) but still it be very atmospheric and sinister and and you would not be disappoint if you watch it .