Not a horror movie...one of the worst movies I have ever seen!

Rating: 4/10 (26 September 2012)

I think it was definitely not a horror movie, but indeed a psychological thriller. Stephen King wrote it as horror, but this movie doesn't do it justice. The music is horrible and very repetitive. The acting was worse, except from Jack Nicholson...He performs a very good role portaited as an insane man.
In my honest opinion, this movie is more annoying then scary. I even turned down my sound, because the music is very high pitched and long and basically gives away what is going to happen.
Also the movie is two and a half hours long with basically nothing happening until the very end. And even then, nothing horrific about it.
I realize it's made in 1980, but think of the Exorcist. That movie is pure horror, this is not! The techniques are there, the skill is not.
Overall a bad movie and not worth seeing...Horror fans, keep reading Stephen King books and watch pure horror movies. Don't watch movies that ruin the books or the horror genre!