Someone asked a question about favorite horror movies, and it got me thinking about the differences between a “scary” movie and a “creepy” movie. A good scary movie usually shocks and disturbs me while I’m watching it, but a good creepy movie is more thought provoking and leaves an impression long after the credits roll.

I watched the 1980 film “The Changeling” for the first time last week, and it was the first time in a while where I had to keep the lights on afterwards. George C. Scott is fantastic in it. And as a ghost story, it has a great sense of realism to it. Far better than Poltergeist in my opinion.