Ever have a film watching experience where you came away disliking what you've just watched yet can't quite pin-point what was wrong? Where you're not entirely certain if your own mood might have been the negative factor or if some little detail in an otherwise well made movie triggered some kind of subconscious disagreeable response?
That's pretty much how I feel about this. One thing that definitely did affect my viewing experience slightly was the way that a lot of…
Loved the setting and the patient approach to character development but was let down by the "creature" itself. Worth watching if you crave snowy, small-town locations in your horror and don't mind a slow burn that takes it's time to let you get to know the characters. Great reliance on tension and atmosphere. Loses points for that final obnoxious CGI jump-scare. STOP DOING THAT!
Years ago I was at a friend of a friends house with a bunch of people and someone put this movie on. Everybody in the room was laughing heartily as I entered an isolated nightmare state of disbelief. I began to question why I didn't understand what was apparently so hilarious. Slowly it dawned on me that there was something deeply wrong at my core that meant I couldn't properly relate to other human beings. Now I just live with my cats and never go out.
This is actually one of my favourite Stephen King novels. It's a creepy, effective ghost story that, unlike so many of his other books, doesn't go completely off the rails in the last act.
Unfortunately this adaptation was just terrible. I've tried to block out most of it from my memory but fragments remain: Pierce Brosnan not even attempting an American accent or to play a character other than "Pierce Brosnan", some terrible over-produced modern pop-rock music playing over scenes…
