Review of The Dead Zone (1983) by Joe H — 02 Mar 2009
Reading Stephen King's work to me is just like watching paint dry in a Midwestern state and for the most part, the film adaptations of his work resemble that sentiment even more so. But David Cronenberg's adaptation kind of had me curious and I haven't seen The Dead Zone (or the pieces of it I remember) in decades.
It's kind of fitting that the USA network turned The Dead Zone into a TV series because that's all this movie felt like--a few TV episodes tied together. Christopher Walken was alright and Cronenberg managed to put enough of his twist on it to make The Dead Zone interesting.
It's no Shawshank Redemption, Carrie or The Shining but it's no... anything else of King's that ended up on a screen.
This review of The Dead Zone (1983) was written by Joe H on 02 Mar 2009.
The Dead Zone has generally received positive reviews.
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