Review of Secret Window (2004) by Jackie Q — 06 May 2012

Tries a bit to hard to be Hitchcock-esque, so it can just settle for being kind of scarily creepy, which it is.

This review of Secret Window (2004) was written by Jackie Q on 06 May 2012.

Secret Window has generally received mixed reviews.

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