Best villain since Darth Vader, total fuckin' hypocrite, total Christian predator whose idea of redemption is playing off small people's fears, manipulating and then murdering for money and status
I had to write a paper on this for my token college film class.
The only thing I didn't like was the fairy tale land it went into with the mother goose/foster mother character towards the end. Came out of nowhere, but apparently that was the point...
SPOILER>>>
only thing I didn't quite get: when the Uncle saw Shelly Winters' body in the lake, why'd he freak out and think he was gonna get blamed for her death?