A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutates.
Say what you will about author Stephen King, but he is a giant in the horror industry. In fact, he may be the most giant of the giants. And adapting his work has been hit and miss, with just as many misses as hits. Some might even say more misses.
And the misses seem to be more heavily concentrated on the TV films, because they are stretched out to extended hours. Sometimes scenes seem repetitive because of the commercial breaks and so on. In particular, "Langoliers" is an awful, awful, awful adaptation. And "Tommyknockers" is just the opposite. The characters are developed, the extended time only builds suspense rather than grows old. This is the job done right.
Say what you will about author Stephen King, but he is a giant in the horror industry. In fact, he may be the most giant of the giants. And adapting his work has been hit and miss, with just as many misses as hits. Some might even say more misses.
And the misses seem to be more heavily concentrated on the TV films, because they are stretched out to extended hours. Sometimes scenes seem repetitive because of the commercial breaks and so on. In particular, "Langoliers" is an awful, awful, awful adaptation. And "Tommyknockers" is just the opposite. The characters are developed, the extended time only builds suspense rather than grows old. This is the job done right.