Horror film does zombies dirty. In it Cusacks character struggles to reunite with his son after a strange broadcast over the global cell phone network turns countless humans into animalistic zombies. Unfortunately Cell is lacking in tension and feels downright generic. The bottom line Its a bad zombie film and a bad King adaptation.Best The Dead Zone 1983Set in Castle Rock Maine The Dead Zone is a bit more of a science-fiction thriller than a straight up horror film. Still it manages to incorporate some otherworldly elements that make it feel like a part of Kings larger horror-verse.
A review for The New York Times perhaps put it best noting that The Germany WhatsApp Number Data Dead Zone is “a well-acted drama” and “more eerie than terrifying more rooted in the occult than in sheer horror.”HE DEAD ZONE Christopher Walken 1983 cParamountcourtesy Everett CollectionAt the beginning of the film Johnny Smith Christopher Walken has a coma-inducing car accident. When Johnny wakes five years have passed and his former girlfriend is married with a child. The supernatural element comes into play when Johnny learns that he can see aspects of peoples lives by touching them.
This ability helps him solve a string of murders and later encourages him to try and change the course of the future. We wont spoil anything but just know that this David Cronenberg-directed The Fly adaptation is certainly worth the watch.Worst The Dark Tower 2017Okay so The Dark Tower is more of a sci-fi Western than a horror film but were including it here for two reasons. First of all its kind of the keystone of Kings literary universe the mythical Dark Tower supports various realities so in the book series several of Kings characters settings out Van der Valks team Brad Luke Allen-Gale who still inappropriately tries to charm women who are witnesses in their investigations Job Elliot Barnes-Worrell who still impresses pretty much
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