3) The Other
"Holland....Where is the baby?"
At the beginning of this movie, you could be forgiven for thinking that Chris Udvarnoky is far too cute to be implicated in anything creepy. He doesn't have the dark malevolence of Damien, or the robotic iciness of your standard young alien. He's freckly and all-American, and if a prank or two goes awry, surely it can't really be his fault? Elderly Ada just adores him, although she may regret teaching him how to use a kind of astral projection which enables him to affect things that he is nowhere near. It seems to coincide with the people of the village becoming somewhat accident prone. This is one of those films which looks like a nice sunny family feature, but the atmosphere slowly creeps up on you until you find yourself quietly peeing your pants. (The evil twin is a classic plot, but whatever you do, don't read Roger Ebert's review before seeing the film, as he rather naughtily gives away a major twist.) With some clever foreshadowing, some viewers have been convinced that the bleak ending is depicted much more graphically than it actually is. Here, your imagination does the work for you - making it all the more spine-chilling.