terrifying, but also kinda bad.

This scared the shit out of me when I was younger. Colm Feore is absolutely awesome as "the absolute evil", the rest is almost forgotten by now. There's a couple of "Oh shit, did he really do that?" moments, but mostly because I was horrified, not because I cared about the victims.

One of the best King adaptations

Didn't age well. You'd think this is a movie from the late 80's.

Not bad for a TV movie. But some acting was poor and visual effects were sometimes appalling. But still good, and nice ending

In my opinion, this is one of the better miniseries spun by Stephen King. The characters and setting are all familiar (a small town in Maine!) as are the villains (ageless, shamanistic men), but the story itself rises above these. The suspense builds to a decent degree, and the denouement is both unexpected and satisfying in its grimness. Highly recommended for King fans.

Has a wonderfully charismatic villain, the vampire Linoge, who upbraids the small town denizens by pointing out their hypocrisies, secrets, and scandals. Only the tough, moral local sheriff dares stand up to him. The premise, set-up, and his speeches are great. Sadly though, like other mini-series adopted from King's work, it becomes very boring and repetitive, with the constant chatter going round and round with no resolution until the very end. Very entertaining, but could have been more.

Typical TV fare but there's at least one great performance (Feore) and there is some good horror imagery sprinkled throughout.

Guess the Stephen King movie: Creepy supernatural guy comes to small town and people start dying mysteriously. Everyone believes it's the end of the world and it's up to one guy to save the townsfolk. Answer: Every Stephen King movie (ok, slight exaggeration).

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Maine is fucked.

Colm Feore is amazing is the villain in this miniseries, and I wish he'd had more scenes or his powers fleshed out a bit more over the course of the show because every scene with him was great. Overall a pretty good watch.

Writer/producer Stephen King recycles so many of his usual ideas, themes, and stock characters that he ought to get a good spanking for this one

I agree with some of the other reviewers, definitely one of the better (non Darabont) King movies.

As far as Stephen King-based TV goes, this is second (or that would be third, I guess) only to 'It' an 'The Stand'. Feora is menacing and creepy in sufficient measures.