Bat bites dog. Dog becomes rabid. Dog kills people. There's no more sophistication to it - other than people saying and doing amazingly stupid things under (okay, I agree) stressful circumstances, and a director/screenwriter who intentionally try to annoy the viewer (thinking that's scary). Because it's an 80s movie that probably just didn't age too well, and because it's adapted from a Stephen King novel (which should be much more thoughtful), I tried hard to give this the benefit of a doubt. I failed.
Mo says:
I'm a Stephen King fan but I hated both this book and movie.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warning - I'll stay away from the book.
DeleteIt really was crap. But then I thought that of The Shining too, so maybe I'm not the correct person to be listening too.
ReplyDeleteActually, among the ones I've read, "The Shining", "Salem's Lot" and "11/22/63" are my favorite Stephen King novels.
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