That's sort of the point of genre pictures. But they succeed where so many others fail because of an unexpected emotional element, or a director who imbues the story line with a personal political or sociological vision. That trick is a little tougher to manage with a thriller, however, because the story almost always centers on a normal person who starts seeing things, then falls into an elaborate, cinematic fit of madness. Audiences, unambitious as they are these days, show up to see only the creepiness. If the director has something else to say, they re not likely to listen.
Bacon brings it home For about an hour, the film delivers the creeps in a big way.
I certainly was. King just got his film made first. I've read stand corrected. Bacon plays Tom Witzky, a Chicago telephone lineman who s not all that happy with his life. He wanted to be a rock star, but what he ended up with is a backbreaking menial job.