like most who have comment and i saw this film with the help of mst3k and and i have to admit that this be one of the very few film i couldn not watch without it ( along with the coleman francis trilogy and manos ) . there be so much wrong with this film that it hard to start . the plot ( if it can really be call that ) be a retread and a boring premise ( house with dark secret ) that be do to death in every other horror film ever make . the male lead and jody ( yes and jody ) and be an ineffectual dope whose most memorable contribution to the film be yell zah . the villain and lucinda and be an ugly troll like hag who can only spout gibberish when she not busy hack useless side character into giblet . the love interest and melissa and be a empty head ditz whose most enjoyable moment be show jody where the fish life ( and and quite fittingly for this film and be the character with the dark secret ) . combine all this with horribly stilted dialogue ( it feel like almost 3/4s of the film be pause and either between line or between word ) and pace somewhere between cold molasses and glacier ( not to mention the fact that the first verse of amazing grace be use about 20 time in the film ) and you have a movie that doesn not even manage to be affably mediocre or so bad it good and much less scary . avoid this film at all cost and unless mst3k be shield you from this film dreadful slowness .