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Old 09-05-2013, 12:05 PM
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Panic (1978), a British short by director James Dearden who later went on to make several feature films including Fatal Attraction.

I first saw it when my parents took me and my sis to see Saturday Night Fever, it was the support film. I was only ten and it scared the pants off me :-)

Zero blood and gore, instead a suspenseful tale of a woman who while driving on a dark, rainy night, stops to offer a lift to a creepy old woman at a bus stop. It's on Youtube (search "Panic 1978") if you want to know what happens...

And The Devil's Business (2011), another British film. Two hitmen go to do a job in a house which turns out to belong to a practioner of dark magic...

Almost entirely character and plot driven, to the extent that I'm sure this would make an excellent stage play... some great lines and the two hitmen (one older and well experienced, the other young and green) have an enjoyable dynamic.

In fact the only let-down for me in this film, was actually seeing the monstrous child ... I think this is one instance where less would definitely have been more.

Great film anyway, no real surprises but a very diverting watch.
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