Product: The Dead Zone [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
Don't obsess on the name "King"
This is a great movie, and one of the best film adaptions of a book I've ever seen (and I've seen and read a lot). I won't give you the plot, you can read that above or in virtually every other review.This is not a "horror" movie. It is more like the "Twilight Zone" series from the 50's (I think it was the 50's). A "what if" where the "what if" is something is impossible.That is the set up. Then the story and character development take over. The bounds of the "what if" expand. But there is a cost, and as the protagonist learns as the story develops, that cost keeps getting higher.Very susepnseful. Execellent acting. And I guarantee you'll be more careful around scissors...Full disclosure: I am a sometimes King fan, have read maybe 10 books of his (I think that is ~0.005% of his output). I like his style, especially his character development, but with few exceptions, I'm not a real "horror" genre kind o' guy.