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I watched this movie for the first time last night.  I would have seen this movie in the theater if it came to my crappy small town theater back in 1980 - but they were busy with showing a whole lot of other crappy movies (Hanger 18 for example) 
I should add the funny way my roommate and I aquired this gem... A month ago, one of my roommates good friends called to say one of his friends (neither of had met) had died a day or two previous. He was delegatied to distribute his dead friends possessions, among which was a huge pile of DVDs. 

There were the odd assortment regular movies for my roommate -

Boxes full of gay porn for me!   

For the past week, we were watching the Almavaodor box set.  Last night, I suggested we watch something else from the box. I reached in without looking at what I was grabbing and ...voila - That gem was in my hands and popped into the DVD player.

This is one of those movies you have to watch with your head titled sideways for all 139 minutes.  There is a lot of pretty looking 1980s horror steups... that all fall flat.  Not just the situations, the characters are inconsistent. Especially Andrew/Satan.   The parents mumble somethings about how evil their son is..but little to no context or specific examples are given... to a single character in this movie. The "bully" is especially confusing.  Is he just a smartass?  Do his friends even like him?  He does slap his girlfriend and she goes right back into his arms.   I could go on for 20 pages how gloriously confusing I found the "bully"  but you should watch it for yourself

Oh yeah, the soundtrack is pretty good by itself. However, when you watch it with the movie, the songs seem to be 100% randomly picked. They serve no sense of ironic or dramatic coloring.    For example: Bob Geldof's "I don't Like Monday's" can be heard when we pan around the High school  One would expect a massacre is about to unfold....nope.  Nothing. This movie is super confusing.

Watching right now; nice job.    
There used to be a hot tub in the backyard, would go out when it snowed, and run back in, barefoot... probably nude...   Loved it.   

I am long past the age where anyone would want to see me do that!!!   

Mm, indeed.  However, I don't think anyone was seeing me then... 

Watching right now; nice job.    

There used to be a hot tub in the backyard, would go out when it snowed, and run back in, barefoot... probably nude...   Loved it.   

I am long past the age where anyone would want to see me do that!!!   

...even later

That's the one I have.  Think I'll listen to it.   

Watching right now; nice job.    

There used to be a hot tub in the backyard, would go out when it snowed, and run back in, barefoot... probably nude...   Loved it.   

I have seen none of these

according to Wikipedia I have seen the following South African films:

The Gods Must Be Crazy -- I know I saw this as a kid, but can't remember what I thought of it

District 9

That's the subject of my newest YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpBTE3leSok

[JAWS]

All except "Jaws," "The Deer Hunter," and "Barry Lyndon."

You haven't seen these films? 

Nope. No interest in "Jaws," only interested in "Lyndon" to complete my Kubrick someday (I know you're a fan). Came very close to seeing "The Deer Hunter" since my parents had a VHS copy, but never got around to watching it.

JAWS is wonderful.  Better than the book by far.  You really should check it out and can no longer get credit for being the 7 or 800 people who haven't seen it.

BARRY LYNDON... Motionless with lots of "action".  Mesmerizing and motionless.    

THE DEER HUNTER is a mixed bag.  Shortest soundtrack album of all time, I liked the music well enough to own it.   The movie has also got that "motionless" quality with long sequences.  I think it's very good, overrated in its time, and ... meaningless. 

Anita Ekberg