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The Passing (1983)
A treasure find of a movie.
I came upon this movie by luck at a Fry's and it was re-released in a 4 movie horror collection entitled "Blood Thirst". The release date is 2003, around the time I discovered it. I had not watched this movie since I bought it, although I viewed two of the other films, both okay. So my sister and I popped it in the other night and we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. She complained a little of the pacing, which was not up to the standards of the modern small attention-spanned viewers. I loved the conversations of the two older men because they sounded natural, yet offbeat at the same time. The war reenactment scene was well done for any movie before CGI took over, in my opinion. There were some truly spooky scenes in the film that owe the emotion to the camera angles. I was also disconcerted with one powerful and graphic scene in particular that I didn't expect. There were other shocking bits as well near the ending as plot falls into place. Lastly I want to mention my love of the soundtrack. All oldies. One in particular, "Pussy cat Rag", is now a part of my internal soundtrack. Overall an excellent movie. I would recommend it to most anyone mature enough to handle some disturbing images. Science fiction fans might want to check this out too.