I first seen this movie when I was 12 on CBS I think. The three guys Lawson,Vinnie and North are fun to watch being mean is what they do best
before and after death I was hoping the DvD would have extra stuff but it didn't
I would love to hear what the guys said about playing a ghostly part.Well I'm the second person to write I guess not many people like this movie.
Me too! ^_^ I also saw it when it debuted on TV back in 1991 (I was about 12 then as well) and ultimately had a huge crush on Nicholas Sadler (Vinnie). Besides being a fangirl, it actually remains one of only a few Stephen King films that I enjoyed, and all-in-all, it is a very well made, subtly poignant movie. I don't think it acquired a large fanbase because it was made for TV, although it definitely deserves more recognition!
It was also masterfully adapted from King's short story. In fact, I prefer the movie and think the film offers a more stable plot and a better understanding of the emotions; the way the induvidual characters were handled was much more intelligent. I'm glad they altered it as they did for film, so kudos to the writers of the screenplay! Did anyone else read the story (in the NIGHT SHIFT collection) and if so, what were your thoughts on the differences?
I only have a VHS copy, but I would have liked to hear the actors' thoughts on their roles, as well - naturally the hoods most! ^^; Do you know, I felt really bad for Lawson, Vinnie and North in the end...
Oh, and I LOVED their hot rod! ^_~
The movie is so much better than the book,I felt bad for the boys to having
to die twice.The names of the boys are different and Jim didn't have a son in the book and the boys kill his wife the whole story is different.Nicholas is so cute,and a great actor you should see him in the method were he play's Jack
every movie he's in his dies.what a shame...........The car was the coolest
I wonder who really owned it.
I also love this movie. I had such a huge crush on Lawson ( rusler). I felt kinda sad, when they died for the second time. :(
But the actors did a great job. But sadly I havent seen Robert Rusler or Nicholas in any other movie :(
Is there somebody who has seen them in other movies?
I wouldent mind to get a ride in their car ;)
This movie used to scare me to death, I'm from the UK so it was a movie, they didn't say it was made for telly, but wow this was scary! Quite upsetting too towards the end :( I was 6 when it came out but I probably didn't see it untill I was 9 or 10.
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I really liked watching this movie. I was like 2 when this movie came out, so I grew up watching it, like I did with most other Stephen King movies. I only flet bad the first time they died, the second time they deserved cuz they had killed 4 innconent ppl after they came back from the dead.
sharehow can u feel bad da 1st tym they died, the stabbed his older brother cause he wouldnt give him 12 cents i think havnt seen it in about 5 years but yeah i was glad when the train hit them, i felt bad for the brother. also my memory is a little hazy but did anyone notice them trying to start the car when the train was coming, i could hear it turning over, but you clearly see the little brother knock them to the ground.
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i felt bad cuz they didnt mean to kill him. from the look on their faces u could tell it was an accident. they were stupid kids who ended up dead for tryin to scare 2 younger kids and killin one. i felt bad for everyone.
shareI love this movie too, for so so long I rented this movie I probably wasted like 30 bucks renting this movie over the years it's only a dollar at this video store to rent old movies, for so long I couldn't find this movie in ANY store til finally I ordered it online, money well spent I usually never take care of my things, but i'll never make a scratch on this dvd.
shareThis was a really good movie! But as good as it was, it probably would've been better if it had been made to be released in theaters. The same with the original "Salem's Lot" too. Seems like a lot of the better Stephen King adaptation movies get made for t.v. and the not so good adaptations manage to make it to the big screen! The only big screen adaptations of Stephen King story's that ive ever cared for are "Children Of The Corn" and "Maximum Overdrive".
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If you look at there reactions you can see they look shocked. Lawson is the only one who says he deserved it. Lawson is the blame he pulled out the knife...
shareStephen King himself has said that he prefers his books going to TV movies instead of the theaters.With the theaters, there is too much editing for time constrictions. With TV movies, you just turn it into a mini-series and the whole story is told properly. The Stand and Storm of the Century are good examples of really great "mini-series" work. They (unfortunately) would not have been so great had they been chopped down to fit a 2 or 2 1/2 hour time slot.This is why Stephen King had the Shining re-made for TV. He felt the movie version (which I thought was equally as good), didn't tell his story properly.On the other hand, Stand by Me and Shawshank Redemption were really well done theatrically. Sooooooo, I guess it really depends on the book and the screenplay.
shareYes this movie is so underrated by the public eye. This is one of my alltime favs.
shareI love this movie too. Is it ever played on tv anymore? If so let me know when!
shareI loved this too yall!! when you found out they where all from the "graveyard" thats what was key!!
shareI loved this 2 yeaa!!
its really underrated.
I give a 6.5 for this movie
I love it so much that my ...... well, look up^^^^^^^^
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I hired out the DVD tonight not expecting much but I really enjoyed this movie. Quite good.
shareNot one of y'all had anything bad to say either... hehe
My favorite parts of the movie are:
1.) When my favorite greaser goes, "hey kid!" before the train hits them
2.) When they come into the classroom for the first time.
3.) When one of them runs up the wall and does a back flip (was it my favorite character?)
4.) The sad ending when you see the look on his or their faces before the train hits them the second time.
I love this movie. It's one of those that I end up watching on an endless rotation for an extended period of time. I can't remember how old I was when I first saw it. I think 16 or 17 but the cover caught my eye in Blockbuster. I didn't see it's original release on TV. I toggle back and forth between liking Vinnie and Lawson better. Sometimes I just can't decide! The thing with Stephen King stories, they're either completely mutilated or really good. Actually the sequel to this movie is closer to the original story than the first movie is. I actually like the movie better because I don't think the whole ritulaistic ceremnoies and demons thing portrayed well on screen. It was more sedate, more realistic, just more real in general. I just wished they had kept the movie in Connecticut! The story in the book is based in Milford, CT (about a half hour from me) and while it definately worked in Missouri, the whole Milford High thing could have been explained better had they actually been in Milford, CT (for those of you that can't place it on a map of CT, it's close to New Haven (the shore), about 10 minutes from Yale. Stephen King is a very New England-centric writer and call me a dork but to think that this story was placed in CT was just too cool.
shareI loved this movie too when I was a kid. I guess, only the name Milford was used in this movie. To recover the real Filming locations would be more funny.
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Well said. When Hollywood brought Mr. Kings works to life, the monsters were never scary in the end, unlike the books.
Also thanks for the info on the book, I will add it to my wish list.
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This is one of those movies I liked more when I was little and when I watch it now it's not really because it's great but more for nostalgic purposes. I had a crush on Vinnie when I was younger...I don't even know why because now when I watch the movie I think he looks like Chucky with bleached hair. ROFL. Yeah but who am I kidding I bought this the minute I discovered it was on DVD. I love it when they laugh it's so menacing yet giggly sounding. Haha.
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This movie was pretty neat although I haven't seen it in some years, and when I did I remembered it scared me. I've been lookin for it at my local video stores and of course they don't have it. I'd be really interested to see it again because I am originally from the Kansas City area, and my dad actually worked at the school that they did some of the filming at.
shareGreat movie. I just saw it for the first time a few months ago, bought it because my mom loved it and said it was great, which it was.
Its seriously underrated...a 5.2?!?!?! Come on! This is 8 material easy!
Lawson was such a cool character, and when he was in class, I was shocked.
There were many great scenes and alot of good lines and characters: How on Earth can this get below a 7.5????
How can this film only get a 5.2 rating? It's WAY better than that!
I think it's cool because it's about a gang of juvinile delinquents who come back from the dead, and they still have the same extreme rebel personalities as when they were alive.
Also it was a hoot to see when the family was watching the 1976 KING KONG on TV. Nice to see some people still remember that version. (Another underrated movie in my opinion.)
Other great Stephen King films produced by Dino De Laurentiis (who also produced this one):
Firestarter
Cat's Eye
Silver Bullet
Maximum Overdrive
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This is a very scary movie. I consider myself a horror conosewer and I almost changed the channel it was freaking me out so much. It's not overly gory or anything, it's psychologically scary. The bad guys are just so evil, but in a realistic way, that it's almost like you could meet them on the street. Freakishly good.
shareI love this movie but I was not too keen on the 2nd movie.
shareIt's okay.
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