Nothing for the movie yet?

[jacobtlong]

The movie wasn't great, but I still liked it. Does no one want to share an opinion on the movie?

[Harley Wench]

I liked it! They mess with his movies too much...add stuff..delete stuff, but I did like it!

[Firebird]

I hate to say it but I thought it was a bit suckish...the book rocked though!

[Mr. Palmer]

I liked it, too. I thought the performances were outstanding.

[Scoutabout]

I've always thought this movie was totally underrated. The only thing I didnt like was Amy Madigan as Liz (I find her so annoying) - I think I might have gone George Stark on her. All in all I love this movie and watch it at least once a year. George Romero definitely did this one "up round".

[Smikes]

I went to see it when it came out in theaters. I remember being excited that Romero was slated to direct— as far as I know, after Monkey Shines it was his only mainstream film until Land of the Dead, at least it was the only one I noticed.

I read the book before seeing the movie and remember being slightly disappointed that Stark wasn't scarier— I just don't think Timothy Hutton was a good enough actor to pull off such evil convincingly.

For the time, however, the FX were striking. In fact, I feel they pretty much saved the movie from complete mediocrity.

Apparently it was a flop (according to wiki) that was budgeted 15,000,000 and only grossed 10,000,000 domestically. Also, it had a delayed release thanks to financial troubles at Orion Pictures. I am guessing that this flop after Monkey Shines flopped was what did in Romero for so long - box office poison, they call it. I always felt bad for George because not only is he good friends with Stephen, he's the master of the zombie film. Thankfully Land of the Dead more than made up for his previous flops, grossing nearly three times its budget. Looking forward to Survival of the Dead.

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[lilydust76]

Loved the book, pretty much hated the movie. Not pleased with it AT ALL. Of course, I've never been a big fan of Timothy Hutton, and I still don't see him as Thad or George.

[the_dark_half]

I don't think the movie was that bad compared to what they've done with some of his other stories. It could have been much worse. I wasn't very pleased with it eiher, but it still could have been much worse. Didn't do George much justice though. He wasn't that creepy.

[Seb Shaw]

Dark Half is my next book in line (as you may already know im an SK noob) i already have the movie, but i dont want to watch it until i have read the book. some good missed reviews here. Sometimes bad movies are better, as they dont get overhyped and overplayed. which is why i love this forum, because no matyter how bad a SK adaptaion we all deep down have respect for it, as we know the canvas it was drawn on. and im sure SK appreciates our comments as we love his books.

Maybe to get a Great Box Office Smash movie he will have to write the screenplay himself, that way it will have that creepy dark blood curdling horror with a hint of humror in it that we love in his books.

[Mark R]

I really enjoyed the movie, but the book was much better