Great Horror, Complex Characters, Chills, Scares & Dark Ending

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2008)

I have read some of the reviews and I don't understand what some people didn't get and why they didn't like the way Mrs. Carmody was portrayed. This is based on a short story from way back in King's career, the resulting script is faithful to the way King writes his characters, the pacing was good, the inter-personal drama is well acted & written, Frank Darabont directs with real fervor, creating a modern horror monster movie, the ending would and probably did go over very well in Europe, it's the type of ending that usually gets changed for American audiences thankfully it was not. Many people here just can't take a movie for what it is entertainment, and in this movies case a parallel between monstrous behavior and real monsters. Simply put I loved it have now watched it 6 times on DVD every time I catch some nuance I missed. King adaptations benefit from good character development and this one has it in spades.