Pretty typical for King's scifi - fright films.

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2007)

While I liked the acting and the quality of effects, the story felt like a hodgepodge of many other established haunting films. It was pretty typically for a Stephen King scifi/fright film except for the ability to like any of the characters. I'm glad to see King appears, from his last few films, to have gotten over donkey punching our sense of empathy; he seems to tend to make you like a character then reveal the disgusting facts that show how "human" that character is. Also new to a King film is the more subtle use of the Deus Ex Machina, if any! I don't recall if there was or wasn't a psychic in this one - which is a good thing! Back to this film - wait for video. Not enough frights to be a good "Scary film", nor enough effects to awe, nor a decent enough story to give us something to talk about afterwards. At least the only thing the date I was on and myself could talk about was our mild disappointment - MILD (wait for DVD).
Kudos for Cusack, but I still don't forgive him for Gross Point Blank (yuck).