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starring: Bruce Greenwood, Jarrett Lennon, Belinda Bauer, Grace Zabriskie, Richard Bradforddirected by: Jeffrey Obrow
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302794694
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302794692
Label: Lions Gate Home Ente
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Ente
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate Home Ente
Release Date: May 17, 1993
Running Time: 95 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ente
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Terrible!
Yes, I found this movie terrible. The acting was often over the top, but they mostly failed to convey the sense of impending danger that was warranted. Nor did they make me interested in the story. The violence was extreme. The ending was totally unbelevable--it was never even in the slightest forshadowed as a possibility. The directing was bad--moving much too fast for the viewer to develop the empathy and compassion necessary to feel for the little boy. Sound and fury was this director's ... Read More
Rating:  - Departure From The Novel
The movie version of Dean Koontz's novel contained many changes; that is to be expected. A novel won't translate to the big screen verbatim. The problem here is that many of the changes were ineffective in that they didn't help to develop the characters or progress the story. I don't think that I would've liked the movie at all if I hadn't read the book and that should not be required protocol in order to enjoy a film.
This movie had the feel of a made for TV movie, and by that I mean ... Read More
Rating: - Hollywoods misfortunes
It is unfortunate that Hollywood cannnot do a writer justice, they usually change the script so repetively that the author's true genius is lost. If Midnight or Lightning had been made into movies Hollywood would have botch them.This movie comes dangerously close to it. Thank God it is only fictional or they would have totally castrated it, as they did with Black Hawk Down and We were soldiers once and young. With the exception of Pixar Studios and a few select films Hollywood castrates everthing ... Read More
Rating:  - Ending Rather Freaky
Okay, I thought Jarrett Lennon (who portrayed "Joey") was extraordinarily REAL and natural. Wish he'd get more acting jobs! I hated that the ending wasn't true to the book's ending... but it wasn't bad. I greatly appreciated Grace Zabriskie's contribution to this movie. The special effects were also surprisingly good.
Rating: - Not too shabby
I've read the book, as well as seen the movie, and I don't think they did too bad a job with it. The only thing that leaves me curious is the fact that the movie came to the conclusion that Joey was the Antichrist after all. The book was far more ambiguous about it, and left it totally up in the air as to whether Joey was who the church loonies claimed him to be, or whether he was, in fact, a child of light.
Still, not too bad an effort at all.
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