The Dark Half (1993)
Genre: Horror / Mystery
Duration: 122 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: George A. Romero
Stars: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan and Michael Rooker
IMDb score:
6,0 (22.680)
Releasedate: 23 April 1993
The Dark Half plot
"There are very good reasons to be afraid of the dark."
Thaddeus Beaumont is a successful writer, writing serious works under his own name and a popular thriller series under the pseudonym George Stark. After being blackmailed by a discoverer of his secret, he symbolically buries Stark. After this, murders are committed, where the evidence keeps pointing in the direction of Thad.
Actors and actresses
Thad Beaumont / George Stark
Liz Beaumont
Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Fred Clawson
Mike Donaldson
Shayla Beaumont
Miriam Cowley
Rick Cowley
Dr. Pritchard
Reviews & comments
Richard_Voorhees
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- 2311 messages
- 2135 votes
On paper, this one does indeed come into its own, because after the reveal of Stark and the many screentime he gets, the magic is gone.
Furthermore, there is definitely acting and especially the first half is definitely there. A nice combination between a horror and a kind of macabre fairy tale.
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scorsese
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- 13671 messages
- 11438 votes
Mediocre film about a writer who wants to stop writing under a pseudonym. The Stephen King version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has a fascinating premise in itself, but is only weakly developed. The first half is more of a mediocre slasher that is often repetitive. The second part is slightly better, but the film is also too long in the end.
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Noodless
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- 10100 messages
- 6209 votes
I hadn't seen this movie based on Stephen King's book yet. The story is well built, maybe a bit on the slow side, but that didn't matter. King also wrote a number of stories under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, hence perhaps the idea of letting fantasy and mystery run wild. The climax is successful and has a clever effect where George Stark is plucked completely alive into a skeleton by the sparrows. Although this effect also has some question marks : the sheriff sees Stark, so was this not in his head after all? And what happens to Thad if it were all real? Who's going to believe him? Good acting, but the film lacks the necessary tension and also in terms of atmosphere it remained below par. 6/10
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