Truly a film to stir some emotion

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2016)

I just want to start by addressing the many reviews on this site already and interpret why I think there is such a big mix of love it or hate it. The ending is quite intense. Intense for this middle aged father of two. I don't even know what I would do in such a situation. I know that I would truly be in unfathomable pain to deal with such a loss and knowing how it came about. Only to realize that it could have been avoided. And I think that is part of why this film gets some really negative reviews. People just don't like the truly tragic ending. I was taken back and at first I didn't know what to think. But that was the point...to stir an emotion. That is the impact of this film. Whether you felt heartbroken or not just means it's a great film. It left you feeling a tightness in your stomach and it's an effective movie in that sense. It just left people with a feeling they weren't comfortable with.
Now to why I believe others may give this a bad review...age of the viewer or parental status. A younger person or someone that does not have children may not truly understand the emotion that is unloaded at the end of this movie. I think a lot of people went in expecting to see a monster movie and what they got was a horror tragedy. The creatures are just a vessel to the really scary part of this movie and that is human emotion and how we react to each other and to a desperate situation.
This movie left an imprint on me...whether or not it was a good feeling is really not the point only that it indeed left one. So if all you're after is a campy monster movie, you can skip this one. If you're fan of Stephen King and you want a movie that will stir some emotion as Stephen King often does putting children in the mix of a really bad situation, then sit back and prepare to be crushed.