Labyrinth was terrifying…
The guy wrote Labyrinth, which is one of the most disturbing - and best - Aliens stories ever told.

Is it possible…
Is it possible that she hit both the dog _and_ a child, but that we only see the dog?

Next time I get a friendly cat…
I am going to pet it until it's purring like a jet engine. Just reading about what the kid does is upsetting enough.

Is it missing the whole lesbian subplot, or is it just shortened up?

I also liked the ending music, which is "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" but with machine guns and missiles firing in the background, suggesting that rock 'n roll's longevity will have military force behind it.

Hey! Steven Seagal!
Get out of that movie, Steven Seagal, that is _not for you._ You go back to your direct-to-video movies, where you belong.

Dammit, I replied to the wrong thread.

The ending of Carrie and the ending of Brazil are two different things. At the end of Carrie, we see Susan Snell putting flowers on Carrie's grave; it's not a happy ending, but it's an ending - until we see that it's actually one of Susan's nightmares, indicating that she's unable to process the trauma of what…