Classic horror, maybe. Cliché, definitely.

Rating: 4/10 (1 September 2008)

Everything was great except the creatures. Why did Stephen King have to write about something as lame and unoriginal as bug-things? And why did all the main characters have to be so downright typical and boring? Why did they have to use a cut-off scene right when a direct shot would have been more effective in the "mean spirited" ending? Why were the effects so sub-par? If those things were fixed, this would have been one amazing movie. Maybe I'm being a little harsh, considering I did enjoy this movie quite a bit. It's worth a watch, but don't expect to be amazed. It is not scary, it is not disturbing, and it's not anything to brag about.
The single reason I even give this a 4 instead of 1 is because the morality (or questions about it) were pretty interesting, but nothing mind-blowing.
This movie plays it safe. I guess the ending could be considered a break from the expected, but other than that, it's as typical and typical comes.