Great Summer Horror!

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2007)

I went to see this with some anticipation, I won't lie. Hearing this was a great Stephen King film (something few and far between) and hearing that Cusack's performance was stellar I didn't know what to think going in, only I hoped it would be good. I was not let down. Although not top notch, and with an ending or reasons for hauntings not entirely explained it was an entertaining interpretation of the King novel. I say "interpretation" because it did take certain liberties on the story, however it was still a great ride! The first hour of the film are great, the last 30 mins, goes on a gradual decline, upping the CG effects, but it still works, just not as well as the first hour. All in all, good lead in to the summer, I hope to see more from Cusack in the horror sense, he could be an over the top kind of horror hero (am I the only one who thought he played this role like Bruce Campbell would, circa Evil Dead 2?). See it, it was good.