Definately the original AH. The sequel really peeved me. I don't like it when animals (the critter variety, not the humans) are injured, tortured, killed to add impact to a movie. Completely lame. Shows an inability to build a proper scare with good writing, cinematograpghy, music. In other words, a cheap shot. Lots of examples, not only the remake of AH.( Fright Night, Pet Semetary II, Apt Pupil, Flatliners... ) I thought Steiger was good in the original, but I'm a fan. He was good in In The Heat of the Night, The Neighbor, Illustrated Man and the real horror of The Pawnbroker. The only miscast in AH, the original, was Don Stroud as a priest-I kept half expecting him to pull a gun out of his pocket and start shooting up the church.
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