As soon as the main characters take a metaphorical ferry ride across a river into hell, I knew this classic and underrated horror film was going to be interesting. Foremost it produces some genuine scares, without the aid of buckets of blood and special effects. Just some good old fashion suspense! A lot of substantial horror films (Halloween, etc.) made in the years following its release mirror many of the elements involved, specifically sound effects and cinematography. An interesting story about a woman just released from a mental institution who still hears voices as she and her hippie husband and friend travel to their newly purchased country home. They find living in their house a ghostly woman with red hair and pale white skin, and Jessica continues to hear voices in her head and sees a young girl dressed in white who mysteriously appears. The whole film represents the persecution of hippies, but can be related to many other types of persecution and has a whole slew of other themes involved.
Review of Let's Scare Jessica to Death
