Reviews

I can't believe how truly terrible this film was. The acting was atrociously wooden; the dialogue really awful and overall it was an abomination. I wasn't even expecting much as I'd heard it was bad, but I was hoping it would be fun or camp, or in the "So bad it's good" category. Unfortunately, it was just so bad it was bad. It was a real shame to see Dan Aykroyd doing this rubbish - he can't be that hard up! The only good thing about it was the music - but it really ISN'T worth putting yourself through the film just for the songs.

I can't believe how bad the acting was - it reminded me of Sabrina the Teenage Witch - which I like - but they just couldn't pull it off and it didn't work.

This film is atrocious. I *have* read the book, which was pretty good, but the film is let down by godawful acting from most of the characters, especially the Creeds. Mind you, the dialogue didn't help, or the really cheesy repeated scenes with Dale Creed screaming "NO!" in slow motion. And I couldn't believe he actually bit his sleeve in horror when he found Jud's body. It was more a comedy than a horror to me.

I did quite like Fred Gwynne in it, as despite the terrible dialogue, he was the only one who was a reasonably good actor. Although the scene where Gage Creed killed was actually quite amusing to watch, mainly because Gage wasn't that scary. The little Creed girl was *extremely* annoying, and I kept wishing she would shut the hell up.

The ghost Pascow was just laughable - not creepy at all as in the book. His makeup was pretty bad, and so was his acting.

The ending was pretty good, but maybe I was just glad that it was over.

As a whole, it was another one of Stephen King's good novels gone sour when made into a film. Perhaps he buried it in the Pet Sematary?

I have never seen the play, or even heard of it, but I loved this mini-series. I felt the characterisation was excellent - it showed that it was originally a stage play, but I don't have a problem with that. The least appealing character was Harper - but even her names gives her away. The actress playing her was the stagiest of all of them, but it did fit the fantasist nature of her character. I loved Emma Thompson as the angel in particular, and I found the whole thing uplifting. Yes, it could be seen as the gay community preaching to itself, but I feel it reaches further than that - much further. If you don't like stagey films, you probably won't like this - but live theatre buffs should love it.