Review of 1922 (2017) by Jluis_001 — 19 Oct 2017

From the compilation Full Dark No Stars, arrives the fourth film adaptation of Stephen King this year and like what happened with It and Gerald's Game, 1922 turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

Full Dark, No Stars is a compilation of four novellas, two of those stories have already been adapted with very poor results, so I must say that I had my doubts about this one, especially since the four stories are pretty good, but like many times before when it comes to adapt King's stories for various reasons they don't end up working.

But 1922 follows exactly the source material and it really gets into the plot of guilt and rage that hit the main character incarnated by an excellent Thomas Jane, there is a constant tension while we see a man corroded and consumed by his sins.

1922 it's a dark story, but it's not a story that falls into the cheap scare because that is not its demagrophic, this is a slower story, more inclined towards psychological torture instead of graphics depictions of violence.

I don't want to tell more because the interesting thing is to live the experience of the story, I repeat, it's a bit slow, I admit that I did not like that very much because there are certain parts where the fluidity of the narrative stops too much, but in general that rhythm has its reason because as I said 1922 is a psychological horror film, there are no twists, no shockers, no scare jumps, what keeps you interested is the story and in my opinion it is worth it.

Another good result for Netflix this year and fortunately another good addition for King's legacy beyond literature.