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Has anyone read the short?

posted 20 years ago by tyrena
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I read it about a year ago. I've only seen parts of the movie. From what I remember about the end, the main teacher dude gets some book and does some satanic mumbo jumbo (makes a pentagram in the class room, cuts off his two index fingers as a offering) to summon some demon or whatever. It recreates the train thing and the demon takes them to hell or something. However as the teacher dude is leaving he gets a bad feeling that he shouldnt of summoned that demon dude to take care of the other kid ghost dudes. I thought that was a good ending, He was like "Oh crap I shouldn't of summoned that demon, and cut off my index fingers, How the hell am i going to dial a phone, or pick my nose or point at people." Does the movie end like that?

I recommend King's collection of shorts Night Shift, theres lots of good ones in that one. Everythings Eventual is really good too.

[–] Scrap_Iron 11 years ago

The short story is scarier with ominous implications--basically the idea is there are worse things than a trio of undead greasers.

Be careful what you get yourself into and what you agree to.

As for the film, its strengths lie not so much in terror but the underpinnings of psychological trauma the main character suffers, learning to overcome them, and finally put the past behind him.

Think of the movie as more a catharsis than a horror show.