The Pit 1981

The Pit is an '80s horror movie unlike any I've seen. The closest comparison is Gremlins, but even that is very different.
We follow Jaime, he's a lonely young boy who is unliked by kids at school, and adults in his neighborhood.
The movie begins with a scene from deep within the second act, which was an odd choice, but then takes us back to the present.
The story is a little clunky for how simple a premise it has, but it still works.
Is his stuffed bear alive? Probably not. Is his mother molesting him? Damn, that was random, I hope not.
What could have easily just been a movie about an outcast boy, with some psychological issues, reaches another level when he finds what he calls trollalogs - essentially ancient primates - and starts feeding them the awful people he knows.
There's a subplot about him being infatuated with his babysitter, but it never goes anywhere, and really feels tacked on, like it was just added to pad the runtime.
There is a swerve ending that makes The Pit feel like a long episode of Tales from the Dark Side. A little goofy in a few scenes, but overall pretty good.