Please stick to the books.

Rating: 1/10 (21 March 2008)

I respect Stephen King. I have many of his books and he has kept me awake at night wondering just what is out there lurking in the dark... but that is where he should stay, in the pages of books and in our own imagination.
The last two films of his I have seen have been awful. Dreamcatcher(?) and now this dire drivel of a film. I cannot weave words the way others can, and put down in detail why this film was as poor as it was. But I know how I feel. This was a complete waste of 90 minutes. I only barely made it to the end just to see if the characterless saps made it out alive.
There is no horror here. No deep dark twists or turns. Just people doing things in situations that are so totally unbelievable that it made my ears weep. Tentacles, flies, huge gangly monsters. Come on. This isn't 1950 any more. We deserve better than this. And the end. Good grief. The end. If anyone else manages to get to the end of the film please explain to me just why a man would do that, why not just get in another car? Come on Stephen. You can do better than this pile of pants.