In this undistinguished Stephen King horror adaptation, the good residents of Tarker's Mill are dense enough to ignore or explain away a series of violent deaths until a little boy is torn to pieces while flying his kite after dark. At that point, the men gang up and go into the fog-shrouded woods to hunt down whatever slasher is out there. The most they achieve is the sighting of one hairy arm and a few more sacrificial victims. But life goes on, and when the summer fireworks show is cancelled because people have deduced it might be fatal to stay out after dark, the Coslaw family's invalid, wheelchair-bound son Marty goes coasting off to the bridge to shoot his own fireworks. Needless to say, the hairy killer beast that is certain to be lurking there gets shot in the eyeball by one of Marty's rockets and is now an unhappy hairy killer beast. Even when a respected town biggie starts wearing an eyepatch, no one really takes notice. They must not watch many horror films.
Directed by: Daniel Attias Written by: Stephen King Produced by: Martha Schumacher Original music by: Jay Chattaway
Cast: Gary Busey .... Uncle Red Everett McGill .... Reverend Lowe Corey Haim .... Marty Coslaw Megan Follows .... Jane Coslaw Robin Groves .... Nan Coslaw Leon Russom .... Bob Coslaw Terry O'Quinn .... Sheriff Joe Haller Bill Smitrovich .... Andy Fairton Joe Wright (I) .... Brady Kincaid Kent Broadhurst .... Herb Kincaid Heather Simmons .... Tammy Sturmfuller James A. Baffico .... Milt Sturmfuller Rebecca Fleming .... Mrs. Sturmfuller Lawrence Tierney .... Owen Knopfler William Newman .... Virgil Cuts Sam Stoneburner .... Mayor O'Banion Lonnie Moore .... Billy McLaren Rick Pasotto .... Aspinall Cassidy Eckert .... Girl Wendy Walker .... Stella Randolph Michael Lague .... Stella's Boyfriend Myra Mailloux .... Stella's Mother William Brown .... Bobby Robertson (as W.H. Brown) Herb Harton .... Elmer Zinneman David Hart .... Pete Sylvester Graham Smith .... Porter Zinneman Paul Butler .... Edgar Rounds Crystal Field .... Maggie Andrews Julius LeFlore .... Smokey Roxanne Aalam .... Uncle Red's Girl Pearl Jones .... Mrs. Thayer Steven White .... Outfielder Conrad McLaren .... Mac Tovah Feldshuh .... Older Jane (voice) James Gammon .... Arnie Westrum
