It's not a classic like Carrie or The Shining, but it is a nicely done scarefest, and achieves its modest ambitions. According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer. The book, written in cursive, helped the author recuperate from a 1999 car accident, and was completed in half a year. While parts of the plot are lackluster, as I watched this movie the audience reaction sounded like they were on a roller-coaster ride, a good sign in a scary movie. Dreamcatcheris a 2001 science fictionhorrornovel by American writer Stephen King, featuring elements of body horror, suspenseand alien invasion. Even the masterful Freeman can't quite make that character work, and the attempt to create a parallel between the peril created by the outside force and the peril from within does not work, either. The film's weakest aspect is Kurtz's secret operation. But the four main actors are all exceptionally appealing in this story, and the art direction and cinematography are top-notch. Dreamcatcher isn't Stephen King's best book, and it's far from the best screenplay produced by either Lawrence Kasden or William Goldman. Be ready for yuckiness, gore, creepiness, intense peril, and good, old-fashioned jump-out-at-you surprises. The film is a mishmash, but there's something in it to scare the bejeebers out of just about everyone.
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