The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 88% of the 482 1990s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes61%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
1,990 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael De LucaScreenplay
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Jim LangOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterDirector
Cast
- Sam NeillJohn Trent
- Julie CarmenLinda Styles
- Jürgen ProchnowSutter Cane
- David WarnerDr. Wrenn
- John GloverSaperstein
- Bernie CaseyRobinson
- Peter JasonMr. Paul
- Charlton HestonJackson Harglow
- Frances BayMrs. Pickman
- Wilhelm von HomburgSimon
- Kevin RushtonGuard #1
- Gene MackGuard #2
Stills
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Themes
small towninsanityparanoiadinernew hampshiredisappearanceauthorchurchgothiccrucifixnew englandinsurance investigator