An eerie force that emanates from an infamous patch of forest causes weird things to happen in a small Maine town. A writer (Marg Helgenberger) becomes obsessed with its origins in the woods while her beau struggles with alcoholism and is perplexed by what's happening (Jimmy Smits).
The ship was wrong, the dog was wrong, the people at the vet were wrong, the poetry party scene was wrong, Bobbi and Gard's reunion in Bobbi's dooryard was wrong, Hilly's two magic shows were wrong, the way Hilly got the magic kit was wrong. Becca was very wrong, the total lack of anything happening outside haven was wrong, the town name was wrong, the excavating of the ship was wrong, Ruth was wrong, (from her last name to her ultimate fate), the interior of the ship was wrong, David's rescue was wrong, Bobbi's fate was wrong, hell the entire town's fate was wrong, the scene in the post office had the wrong character talking to Nancy Voss about missing mail, Butch Dugan was wrong (from his size, his nick-name is "monster", to his ultimate fate), the state troopers' death scene was all wrong, which has me asking again, did the people that made the movie even read the book at all?
I first watched 'Tommyknockers' on VHS back in the nineties. I'd been a fan of horror writer Stephen King's work and knew that some of them didn't translate well to film, while only a few did the source material justice.
Why on Earth does this only have a 5.1?
I really liked the The Tommyknockers novel. I decided to watch this directly after finishing it.
So, I had just watched Stephen King's IT, and I saw the DVD of this for only ten dollars - I thought why not? The only thing I really knew about it was an actor that I'm a fan of (Craig Parker in case you were wondering) had the tiniest of bit parts in it, and I have a friend who likes Stephen King novels.
I loved Salem's Lot, liked The Stand and It and initially had mixed views on the Shining thinking it somewhat pointless but found it far more impressive on re-watch. But I didn't like the TommyKnockers, in fact I found it almost unwatchable.
Stephen King's bestseller "The Tommyknockers" is adapted for television in a form of mini-series, three hours long movie aired as two hour and a half long episodes. The film is full of well-known faces, which are not famous enough for me to know their names, but which leave the impression of dear friends that I have not seen for a long time.
For some reason I always avoided this movie, despite enjoying most of the Stephen King movie adaptations as a teenager. It was simply because of the horrible title that I stayed clear of it.
