READ THE BOOK -- forget the movie! There is *no* similarity between the two. This is Hollywood at its worst: sugar-coated, silly, without depth, but lots of special effects. Even the sets that are being lauded reminded me of Mary Poppins! That's about the level of the whole film - childish. If I were Robert Matheson, I would be walking around stopping people on the street saying, "That's not what I wrote!" When the characters went to Hell (literally), I hoped they would stay there because that's where I had been since the opening credits.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease read the book; it is marvelous. Don't be fooled by this trivialized rendition with the same title.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease read the book; it is marvelous. Don't be fooled by this trivialized rendition with the same title.