BattlegroundA fun, suspenseful, if overlong adaptation of King's mediocre "Night Shift" tale. The action certainly dragged in spots, but William Hurt was effectively unpleasant as the beleaguered assassin, and the special effects were very good for TV.
Crouch End-I was looking forward to this one. It's one of my favorite stories from King's N & D collection. Unfortunately, what was on paper a creepy Lovecraftian yarn was turned into a schlocky TV-14 amalgamation of shock cuts, moody music and slow motion sequences to indicate mental distress. The special effects were especially atrocious; so bad it was hard to ignore them. The leads, particularly Claire Forlani as Doris Freeman, came off stilted and awkward. Perhaps they were hampered by a script full of rambling about "leather balls" and "thin spots" and "dimensions" that read much better than they sounded on TV. Easily one of the worst King adaptations I've ever seen, and honey, I've seen a lot of bad King adaptations. This will go right up there with Tommyknockers, Graveyard Shift, Pet Semetary, and the King-directed Max Overdrive.
Crouch End-I was looking forward to this one. It's one of my favorite stories from King's N & D collection. Unfortunately, what was on paper a creepy Lovecraftian yarn was turned into a schlocky TV-14 amalgamation of shock cuts, moody music and slow motion sequences to indicate mental distress. The special effects were especially atrocious; so bad it was hard to ignore them. The leads, particularly Claire Forlani as Doris Freeman, came off stilted and awkward. Perhaps they were hampered by a script full of rambling about "leather balls" and "thin spots" and "dimensions" that read much better than they sounded on TV. Easily one of the worst King adaptations I've ever seen, and honey, I've seen a lot of bad King adaptations. This will go right up there with Tommyknockers, Graveyard Shift, Pet Semetary, and the King-directed Max Overdrive.