After reading the book and watching the film adaption, you can't help thinking the plot has been lifted largely from Quatermass and the pit - a 1958 UK TV serial and a 1967 film of the same name.
The similarities are striking: alien ship crash-lands on earth and is buried underground. Ship discovered many years later and begins to revive its powers and affecting those around it, with eventual consequences for the whole of mankind.
It ends with a single saviour (Dr Quatermass) who is leagues more interesting than the poet in Tommyknockers. The difference is, however, Quatermass is genuinely thought-provoking and quite chilling given the low-budget origins.
In fact, I recommend anyone who was disappointed with Tommyknockers to go get Quatermass and the pit and see how scary a film can really be when aliens are intertwined with humanity and played out on the earth with real city backdrops, instead of some mythical world elsewhere.
The similarities are striking: alien ship crash-lands on earth and is buried underground. Ship discovered many years later and begins to revive its powers and affecting those around it, with eventual consequences for the whole of mankind.
It ends with a single saviour (Dr Quatermass) who is leagues more interesting than the poet in Tommyknockers. The difference is, however, Quatermass is genuinely thought-provoking and quite chilling given the low-budget origins.
In fact, I recommend anyone who was disappointed with Tommyknockers to go get Quatermass and the pit and see how scary a film can really be when aliens are intertwined with humanity and played out on the earth with real city backdrops, instead of some mythical world elsewhere.