Very Good

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2008)

Really fine effort by Darabont. Its the kind of Stephen King story that is really difficult to translate successfully to screen. This story could easily have turned out to be a cheap forgettable horror trip like Tommyknockers or Langoliers for example, but Darabont manages to avoid this.
The suspense is razor-edged throughout and considering the premise for the movie - massive spiders, huge tentacle'd monsters and dinosaur like birds - that is quite an achievement.
I wish Darabont would direct more of King's tales - he seems to have the knack of doing them well.
A solid 8 out of 10 for me.