This is a terrifying,riveting suspense thriller. This has to be one of the scariest movies that I have seen in a very long time. There is very much an atmosphere of psychological terror, as well as real terror in the story ( even though it does have something in common with a fairy tale!). The movie instills terror into the audience from the moment it begins, and I mean that every bit. The moment the story begins we become more and more terrifed. Elmer Bernstien's adaptation of Bernard Herrmann's music gives the film a great atmosphere of unrelenting suspense.Let us not forget that Robert De Niro plays a great Psychopath. I must warn that Cape Fear does have some things in common with Slasher Films, but it is more like an old fashioned suspense thriller. If you want a really cool and very scary movie to watch, I recomend Martin Scorease's remake of Cape Fear.