Review of The Reflecting Skin (1990) by Timothy D — 01 Oct 2007

A film to make your skin crawl, with quite possibly the creepiest, scariest child ever put on film. Very disturbing.

This review of The Reflecting Skin (1990) was written by Timothy D on 01 Oct 2007.

The Reflecting Skin has generally received positive reviews.

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