it's terrifying, yes, it has a brilliant score by pino donaggio, superb performances by donald sutherlandaround the streets of venice without hearing that pino donaggio score. and, yes, it's terrifying, but it's terrifying because it's about something. you've seen don't look now. you need to see... no, i am too scared! we've been through this! but it's ok! again, it's not — it is a horror movie, but it's about so much more than horror. it's about love and passion and venice and death. and scary things. a quick final thought about dvds, streaming... hole in the ground. this is a horror movie. genuine horror movie. and what's really interesting about this was it's a strangely creepy horror movie about a mother and son flee off to a sort of woodland retreat where there is a hole in the ground, and this is a film which kind of relates to things like dark water, the hideo nakata film, or body snatchers. and what i really liked about it was i went into this thinking i've probably seen all these riffs before, and about ten minutes in, i was thinking, actually, this is creepy. and it had that rea