I remember seeing this on television when I was a young, young child. It totally freaked me out. Now that I've grown and viewed this again with a newfound respect for both Christopher Walken AND David Cronenberg, it seems to be the film that gave both of them their start. And what a start it is. Cronenberg finally seems to move a way (a tad) from his low-budget horror roots to something with a bit more...heft - much like some of his recent work (A History Of Violence & Eastern Promises). Walken plays it straight here, unlike some of HIS recent work (Balls Of Fury *barf*). Rarely do King's novels translate well to the big screen, but this is one of the exceptions. Cronenberg has just the right mix of humanity and horror, so as to make an unbelievable horror story into a believable suspense thriller.