Product: The Dead Zone [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 4.0
Very good Shocker from Stephen King and David Cronenberg.
Teacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) had a good life until he gets into a car accident, luckily he survives and wakes up from a coma after 5 years. He discovers that he now has a special power to see people's futures.A fascinating and well acted sci-fi horror thriller based on a novel by Stephen King and directed by David Cronenberg ("Scanners", "Videodrome", "The Fly", "A History of Violence")with producer Debra Hill ("Halloween", "Escape from New York"). This cerebral and stylish thriller also co-stars Martin Sheen as a future senator and Tom Skerritt, the film is one of the better Stephen King adaptations if not one of the best.This Collector's Edition DVD has good picture and sound with extras like four featurettes and a theatrical trailer, it's one of Cronenberg's finest movies and worth owning if your into sci-fi and horror.Also recommended: "The Butterfly Effect", "Dead Ringers", "Scanners", "Carrie", "Final Destination Trilogy", "Misery", "Firestarter", "Akira", "Unbreakable", "Nomads", "Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)", "The Manchaurian Canidate (1962 and 2004)" and "The Fly (1986)".