I say. "Why would I need you to come out here?"

"To help you get settled."

"I _am_ settled."

"I could help you decorate."

"I already did that, Mom. You know I already did that."

"I just miss you, is all," she says, after a pause, and I tell her I miss her, too. I wonder whether she really loves me, if she's had to fake it over the years. I haven't been easy to love and it's not the kind of not-easy-to-love that makes people love you more. I tell her she's welcome to visit, but I don't need her help. The cat climbs up my chest and peers into my face. She has such big pretty eyes: bright green, too close together. She begins to purr, a low rumble that growsfilm- one of the kids has movie posters of GREMLINS and BEETLEJUICE on their bedroom walls. Another kid is wearing a t-shirt with CHRISTINE on it. BATMAN and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5 are playing at the local movie theater. The film takes place in 1988/89 and the filmmakers capture that 80's feel to a T.

IT is like a grand funhouse of horror. All your childhood fears are deliciously represented here- the haunted house, the spooky cellar, clowns- it taps into all those boogeymen of our youth rather brilliantly, and it makes the movie a hell of a lot of fun to watch. The 80's setting only makes it all the more nostalgic and fun.

This film is a worthy addition to the world of classic Stephen King