Product: The Dead Zone [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 3.0
What was David Cronenberg Thinking?
Out of all of the Stephen King novels this has to be one of the most half-assed film adaptation to date. The atmosphere wasn't there. What makes a Stephen King novel so good is that Stephen King takes the readear and puts them in the shoes of the characters who are in trouble. I mean when I read the novel The Dead Zone I became Johnny Smith. I suffered with him as he was going through the trials and tribulations after he had woken up from that coma and discovered that he had the gift of psychic ability. And I became terrified with him when he discovered the terrible fate awaiting mankind unless he acted and acted quickly. I felt none of that empathy for any of the characters in the movie.