like another reviewer i and too and do not understand the low rating give this film . grant and it probably would not be everyone cup of tea . i saw this film first soon after it come to cable and before i know much about jennifer jason leigh or have come to appreciate the power this amazing young actress can exude in the careful and often understated nuance she bring to her craft . she be as good then a she be now . credit should be give and also and to the set design with it seedy candy apple red paint cinder block wall and stark bare light switch and yard of metal conduit lining long hallways off of which open row of crib which we come to realize house all sort of perversion . we learn that her uncle not only pander to and revel in those same perversion but be also willingly sacrifice his own life by enslavement to those same twisted desire and action . this be a timely and bold film and also and because it deal squarely with the oncoming invasion of the heterosexual world by aid at a time when most straight folk still believe themselves immune . the suspense and terror build credibly and effectively and manage to take the worn out damsel in the old dark house plot and not just dress it up but actually transform it into something new and original . but and you have get to see it at least twice . once to let your head adjust to the oddness of the story and then a second time to really experience the multiple level of terror present in this film and both real and imagined and the most palpable be that lie bury in the human soul .