The Dark Half 1993

There are very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

5.988 / 10   374 vote(s)
R
Mystery Horror

Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.

Release Date 1993-04-23
Runtime 2h 2m
Directors George A. Romero, Tony Pierce-Roberts, Michael Spiller, Nicholas Mastandrea, Drew Ann Rosenberg, Tom Dubensky
Producers Declan Baldwin, Christine Forrest, Peter Kuran, George A. Romero, Richard Hawley
Writers George A. Romero, Stephen King

A visually spectacular ending, but one that delivers little in the way of answers, and doesn't change a so-so beginning and middle of a film in any way that's meaningfully satisfactory.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly