Now that's what I call a horror movie!!

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2008)

Most horror movies are lame excuses for freak/gore shows. Now here's a movie that I can genuinely say will make you feel horror of the sort that rings "The Horror! The Horror!" in your head. The way humans crack up under the circumstances and Frank Darabont's excellent touch to the ending will make sure this horror lingers with you long after you are done watching the movie. I feel Frank's main treatment of this excellent Stephen King work is more with an attempt to investigate human condition rather than just making a routine chill and thrill fare. His class as a director comes through as it becomes apparent that more than the unknown of the outside world, we ought to be more afraid of what we don't know of ourselves - of what we could do or turn into when vulnerable. And that, is the greater horror, the greater monster.
9 on 10, since I feel that apart from Marcia Gay Harden, the other performances though good, were not great. Needed a Jack Nicholson.