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Old 03-21-2004, 06:48 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by loopydate
The sad thing is, this book was written in the '80s, right? So, when it was published, this kind of twist ending was fairly original. However, now that EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THRILLER has to have a big twist at the end, we come to expect it.


This kind of twist ending has been done in horror for DECADES. It wasn't new when this book woulda come out...Horror and suspense would work VERY poorly if they were all predictable.

Anyways, I normally don't bother with King movies. He's a pretty uncreative hack. Had I know this was one of his, I wouldn't have bothered. However, finding out only when I saw the opening credits, I found myself enjoying it anyways. The "twist" ending wasn't all that "surprising" or anything, but I liked it anyways.

On that note, I kept pissing off the guy in front of me by guessing 90% of the plot "turns" before it'd ever happened. it was funny, especially since the book HAS been around for so long.
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