Creepy cool show - that would have been better shorter - I have one other gripe having to do with the ending.

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2007)

I know I checked the box saying that there are spoilers, but honestly there's much of a spoiler in my review but better safe than sorry for the purists out there eh? -

OK, I really liked this film, however, it really would have been better to edit it down to an hour. Heck if you want to make a Stephen King Short Story into a movie, do a couple of them I say and sell em as a double feature.
Overall though The show delivered on it's promise to be creepy and to "Tweak the mind." I had this story read to me when I was about 12 years old by an English teacher (Mrs. Wilcox) who edited the bad words but left in all the thrills. That I remember the tale from clear back then (I'm 36 now) speaks to the impact it had.
On a General level the show lived up to my expectations and exceeded them on many levels. The SFX were amazing - the Creatures Horrific - the director didn't go 'Too' crazy on buckets of blood and gore yet it wasn't watered down either. The acting was done well - a good amount of the dialog could have been cut out and still delivered the tale without losing anything.
24 years after hearing the story read to me I was fuzzy on the details. However when it came to the end, I was just sure that Stephen King hadn't written it that way. I was right, and though the ending gives a nice emotional punch to the solar plexus - more reminiscent of European movies - I really wish it would have ended like Stephen King had written it.
And that's my take - Great movie that should have been shortened and stayed a tad more true to the authors original vision.
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