jaragon Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Peter Straub's scary novel became a not very scary film- great cast- Fred Astaire, John Houseman, Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks are terrorized by a vengeful ghost (Alice Kriege) . Straubs long complex novel which pays tribute to classic horror stories is over simplified- some character simply vanish with out explanation. Director John Irvin fails to create suspense one can only imagine what John Carpenter might have done with the material. Make-up fx from the great Richard (Dick) Smith supply the occasional shock. The eerie score by Philippe Sarde provides the spooky atmosphere. This is a novel that should be remade- it would make an excellent mini-series. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
ChristineHoard Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Good idea about the mini-series. Limited series are popular now. A two hour movie can't do justice to the book which I liked a lot. The awesome cast is the best thing about the movie. Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 I loved the book but the story makes no sense in the movie. The ending is specially lame. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ChaplinsWolf Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I agree. The movie is not very good. They completely missed with this movie. They left out one character from the book. Lewis. It has holes not explained. I loved the book so much I've read it probably 15 times or more. But the movie, it does nothing for me, even though I love how it was cast except for Wasson. I didn't like the direction either. Definitely needs redone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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