An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but, somehow, I still ended up watching this flick. Well, I have to admit that I have never been a huge fan of Stephen King but it has been a while since I have seen such a pathetic adaptation of one of his books.  First of all, I thought it was pretty obvious that it was based on a short-story and the makers somehow really struggled to expand this tale. Indeed, at least half of the movie was about Linda Hamilton and her boyfriend driving around the countryside and then running around some ghost town. It was rather bewildering as they could have simply developed the background of these characters or, even better, tell us more about Isaac or about ‘He Who Walks Behind the Rows’. As a result, the damned thing was just so slow and boring and, to make things worse, all the children gave some rather poor performances. They also gave us some of the worst special effects I have ever seen. It’s too bad because the damned thing actually had some potential. Surprisingly, this rather weak flick became somehow a cult-classic and spawned no less than 7 sequels which were all just as poorly received as this first instalment was. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was actually rather generous with my rating here and I don’t think the damned thing is really worth a look.