30 years old and apparently being remade, this film will never be improved upon. It's got a great family that you genuinely care about, special effects that, though of their time, still knock you out and the full gamut of emotion and atmosphere. Mysterious, thrilling, frightening, funny and even beautiful. It never sells itself short by being "just" a horror movie. It's way more than that. One of the greats. Hollywood...do not touch.

It's frenetic, slapstick, melodramatic, kitschy, glitzy and way, WAY over the top. It shouldn't work, but it really does. Definitely worth revisting every now and again.