It was in the book "The Tommyknockers" where there's a part where a cop, maybe the sherrif, said he was so tired that he's started to hallucinate and thought he saw a clown climb out of a sewer near Derry.
It was actually two Haven kids that were sent to dairy to buy batteries who said they were hallucinating. I think it was the boy who said he was hallucinating. He ended up dying, and the girl ended up blind. This was in the book.
The Tommyknockers were first heard of in the United States when Cornish miners worked in the western Pennsylvania coal mines in the 1820’s. When the California Gold Rush began, these experienced Cornish miners were welcomed and often sought after by the mine owners. Attempting to recruit more minders, managers often approached the immigrants, asking if they had any relatives back in England who might come to work the mines. The Cornish miners would reply something like this: “Well, me cousin Jack over in Cornwall wouldst come could ye pay ’is boat ride.” Soon, these many immigrant miners took on the nickname Cousin Jacks, who formed the core of America’s early western mining workforce. As such, their superstition of the Tommyknocker thrived and spread throughout the mines of the west. You are welcome lol
Love the review, but Traci Lords did adult films in the mid eighties, not the 70's. She was too young to be doing what she was doing, but not THAT young! 😆
The book is hard to get through, the only thing that was interesting is the reference to Pennywise still living when a couple character head into Derry on an errand.
Yeah braindead is a must! I'm amazed they haven't done it yet, that seems like such a perfect movie for them. You'll never look at a lawnmower the same again lol.
While listening to this, I had the thought that when it comes to Stephen King novels and the movies not quite matching up or there being missing details. In that time, eeryone was reading the novels. So, someone watching the movie wouldn't be lost in that era.
I'd never rudely disagree with people's tastes in books/movies, but I love this one. The book does do more than just offhandedly describe spooky things like Lovecraft, it explains and shows. If it wasn't bifurcated between alky/druggie and newly sober King, I'd say it would have made its point better and been perfect. Also, try watching King's own (not Kubrick's) Shining miniseries. The only amazing or spooky thing about that is how it can make you fall asleep so fast
Allyce Beasley was on the "Moonlighting" TV series. She was a secretary and her love interest was Curtis Armstrong the guy who played "Booger" in ROTN. Cybill shepherd and Bruce Willis starred. Probably her biggest role. P.s. this "movie" has given me nightmares since I saw it, about my teeth falling out lol..... The aliens started to drain the life from the people in the city only after she revealed the ship from underneath the dirt. The dirt blocked the drain and influence effect of the ship. The Indians that went into those woods saw crazy lights and heard sounds. The ones that got lost in the woods lost their minds and died. The aliens were like the vampires in "Lifeforce". They stopped on earth to "refuel" themselves(lifeforce) and the ships fuel(lifeforce).
OMG, I used to like watching Moonlighting, even though I was pretty young and don't understand English that well. I like the chemistry between Bruce and Cybill. Only found out years later that they hated each other's guts
Been in love with Marg Helgenberger since the 1st time I saw her. It was a Steven Seagal movie. As for Jimmy Smits, he had a great roll as the 1st man of Spanish decent running for and winning the presidency in the television show "The West Wing"
Maximum Overdrive was my first Stephen King film, he has no idea how to end his stories and their are always the main story and some sub story angle going on at the same time. His best tv film adaptation still is Salem's lot.
James Wan is a director that I like a lot, so a remake can actually work. I kind of remember reading somewhere that Stephen King once said that if he could rewrite one of his books it would probably be The Tommyknockers because he finds the book to be garbage but feels that, somewhere deep inside its pages, there is a potentially good book.
Tommyknockers is a folklore thing that miners used as benevolent spirit who lived in the mines and would "warn the miners" when the wood support beams would creak or groan, sounding like someone knocking on the wood. it would hint to the miners that the ground was shifting and the mine would be in danger of collapse. Not that this didn't stop cave-ins or miners becoming trapped and killed, but that's the original history of it
The cover of the movie with the alien on the right always confused me, from far away, it looks like an alien with an Elvis hair or Bride of Frankenstein hair and clothes.
I’m definitely looking forward to the second adaptation of The Tommyknockers, mainly because James Wan is directing it and Stephen King has probably had a great deal adaptations especially with It (2017), Gerald’s Game and 1922. Plus, the new Pet Sematary adaptation looks pretty great.
I'm not that optimistic about the Pet Sematary remake, though, because all I've seen of it seems to be a tad too... intense. Its probably me, but one of the things that really worked for me with the original movie was that it was harsh and sad instead of high octane, which I was not expecting when I first watched it.
@@Grandmastergav86 James Mason is brilliant in everything. I rewatched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea recently for the first time since early childhood and realized he brought a heartbreaking terrifying depth to Captain Nemo that I doubt Jules Verne even glimpsed was there.
Tommyknockers is Stephen King at the height of his drug addiction, that is why it's so batshit. I liked the book quite a lot, even though it's basically Lovecraft's Colour Out Of Space stretched to 800 pages.
It's interesting that the adaptation most fans are really enthusiastic about is, according to sources, the one King himself really dislikes( Kubricks The Shining).
Ruth is effected in the miniseries. She's starts to have the same mind-reading abilities as everyone else. But she doesn't submit as quickly so she gets ICED
In the book, the Tommyknockers were trying to make the earth more like their planet. They were trying to change the air. The book said they were makinf "Tommyknocker air".
The long buildup was supposed to be similar to the vampire infestation from Salem's Lot. You call them filler scenes, they just missed the mark. Slowly, slowly, slowly, then everyone's doomed.
After scanning through many of the comments, I must say I'm amazed that none (that I read) made any mention of the similarities between THE TOMMYKNOCKERS and Nigel Kneale's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. Kneale, in a letter he wrote to me, stated that his people were looking into the matter and considering legal action for copyright infringement. (I never heard any more about this from anyone concerned.)
Always love watching your reviews! The Tommyknockers was just one of many Stephen King adaptations that arrived on a shelf in Norway during the 90's. I ate up almost everything at the time, despite not many of them being very good as I came to realize much later. I never got the connection between a Tommyknocker and the aliens in this movie and its one of the things that left me baffled as I sat through it. I later learned that a tommyknocker was a term for miners that had been trapped underground calling for help.
Holy shit, ya'll... I have had the worst fucking day. But THIS... (and keep in mind... I wasn't even EXPECTING something as awesome as a schlocky Stephen King mini series from the 1990's).... This... makes it ALLLLL RIIIIIGHTTTTT. So... Please... DON'T GIVE UP, MY MANS! Keep fighting the good fight! Ya'll are MAKING A DIFFERENCE! *Looks around* I mean... at least to me... cant speak to anyone else.... But fuck it, I will anyway. SHELVERS FO LIFE!!!! *fist bump*
Get in! There my dinner break sorted thanks guys!!!!!!! I remember this being in 2 parts watched them in secret in my room on a tiny TV scared the shit out of me!
Stephen King… What it means to be for Maine. Sing that to the Poland Springs song if it’s perfectly actually a lot of things in the miniseries were in the book, but they either happened to other people or they were toned down because it was television. I also see Gard and Bobbi as friends with benefits.
Tommyknockers wasn't a good book. It was originally a novella that was forced into a novel because SK was drunk and kept writing. It should never have been made into a movie. Some bills obviously needed to be paid.
Watched as a kid and didn’t remember much about it other than there was a lot of green going on. Tried to rewatch it recently but couldn’t make it past 30 minutes.
I'm an Old School Dr. Who fan, so things like this, Langoliers etc I like. I know it's batshit crazy but I made sense of it as a Teen and it makes a kind of sense now. I mean I see it as Ship crashes however long ago, dead Pilot's mind caught up in the device and caused much of what happened, then eventually it snares (I forgot her name lol) and it spreads from there, it's an automatic repair process of some kind, but with no living mind behind it, hence little sense. I mean how else would high tech Alien shit work based on a subconscious mind while it was dying? I think I mean it only makes sense, in as much as it didn't make sense, like an accidental invasion. I mean what if this was a crew of Plumbers, just out and about and crashed by accident? In that respect it's in the same Universe as Morons from outer space... That's a point... guys you need to watch Morons from Outer Space, review it or not I know you'll love it! Jimmy Nail, his Mrs and Julian abandoning Mel Smith because they can't be arsed with him anymore and crash on Earth. Hard to explain, just endless stupidity of old school quality you just don't get today. I mean the ship crashlands on the M25, causes a horrific accident and the Police decide to put cones out. Seriously go and watch it lol
Never seen this miniseries because it just didn't look very good,, but The Tommyknockers is my favorite Steven King novel. Call me a blasphemer, but I think he's even stronger at writing science fiction than horror and this "batshit" tale struck me as sad and disturbing and sublime. He's claimed he was so high, he wrote the book with tampons in his cocaine-shredded nostrils to stanch the blood from dripping on his pages. And blasphemer that I am, I rejoice that the man beat his addictions shortly thereafter instead of dying .... but fucking hell, I haven't loved anything I've read that he's written while sober.
Excellent, thanks guys. I wouldn't recommend the miniseries but I didn't mind the book. This is definitely one of the weaker Stephen King adaptations and I don't really think any of the TV versions they made back in the day hold up now.
Finally finished the Dark Tower series on Monday. Then read The wind through the keyhole. I wonder if the green light found in the salt mines in the book is produced by one of the machines that the townsfolk in tommyknockers created.
How old are you two? I really am surprised that you did not know much about Jimmy Smits. He was a major cast member in the 80s series LA Law and was in the West Wing playing the new president when it ended. I feel old!
The Becka Paulson story was an original short story that Stephen King wrote before he wrote the Tommyknockers. Then he decided to edit into the book, I guess to pad it out. Anyway, in the book she ends up, killing both Joe and herself. It was made into an outer limits episode in the 90s starring Catherine O’Hara as Becca Paulson. That one was changed to where the motivationfor her getting her powers was being shot in the head. It does end the same way as the book an original short story does.
Paulson story was an original short story that Stephen King wrote before he wrote the Tommyknockers. Then he decided to edit into the book, I guess to pad it out. Anyway, in the book she ends up, killing both Joe and herself. It was made into an outer limits episode in the 90s starring Catherine O’Hara as Becca Paulson. That one was changed to where the motivationfor her getting her powers was being shot in the head. It does end the same way as the book an original short story does.
It's a flying saucer in the book. The movie miniseries started ok, then drifted away from the book. Also, the sherrif in the series is a couple of characters mashed together. I liked the book a lot anf how it criticizes humankinf for playing with nuclear power/weapons like the aliens... idiot savants.
Aww man. Since you didn't recognize Allyce Beasley, does it means that neither watched the TV series "Moonlighting" (that made Bruce Willis famous)? Next, you will tell me that you also didn't grow up looking the awesome "Crime story". Not sure if we can be friends now.
Felt the same way about this mini-series. I was waiting for something interesting to happen, turns out the best part was the last 30 minutes. Everything else was completely unnecessary.
you got me thinking about made for tv Stephen King films the one that seems the most over looked, best soundtrack, brooding mood. . . *Salem's Lot (TV Movie 1979)*
Hi Fellas IF you have not done one yet. ID really like to see You two review 1986 The Fly.Please! do a review on The Fly ( 1986) Love this movie. Also I've heard on you tube talking about remaking it. Really enjoy your reviews and I look forward to more new ones in the future I hope.
I always looked at this movie like a crappy goosebumps episode. Apparently the book is better, despite all the goofy, over the top nonsense, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
I remember watching this with my dad in the early 90s and having fond memories of it, but looking back now, it was total garbage. I'd love to see reviews from you guys about Castle Freak (1995), Rumpelstiltskin (1995), and also The Unnamable (1988) and The Unnamable Returns (1992). All lesser known films, and terrible in their own right, but it would be funny and interesting to hear your take on those.
Poor Bail Organa ... at least the Prequels were better than this I guess...watched it ages ago once, and read the book, but almost forgotten any details
A fair to generous review...thanks! I think by the time you reach the denouement in both the book and the TV show you are so very bored, you just don't care!
It was in the book "The Tommyknockers" where there's a part where a cop, maybe the sherrif, said he was so tired that he's started to hallucinate and thought he saw a clown climb out of a sewer near Derry.
It was actually two Haven kids that were sent to dairy to buy batteries who said they were hallucinating. I think it was the boy who said he was hallucinating. He ended up dying, and the girl ended up blind. This was in the book.
In the book the old man had a metal plate in his head too.
The Tommyknockers were first heard of in the United States when Cornish miners worked in the western Pennsylvania coal mines in the 1820’s. When the California Gold Rush began, these experienced Cornish miners were welcomed and often sought after by the mine owners. Attempting to recruit more minders, managers often approached the immigrants, asking if they had any relatives back in England who might come to work the mines. The Cornish miners would reply something like this: “Well, me cousin Jack over in Cornwall wouldst come could ye pay ’is boat ride.” Soon, these many immigrant miners took on the nickname Cousin Jacks, who formed the core of America’s early western mining workforce. As such, their superstition of the Tommyknocker thrived and spread throughout the mines of the west.
You are welcome lol
Tommyknockers were known as Kobolds in Germany, hence the name of the mineral Cobalt, and everybodys favourite disposable D&D monster.
@@Para2normal lol I own a cobal ss/sc
Love the review, but Traci Lords did adult films in the mid eighties, not the 70's. She was too young to be doing what she was doing, but not THAT young! 😆
Storm of the Century if y’all haven’t seen it yet. It’s on TH-cam currently
Cheers for doing my review guys! Watched it as a kid on sci fi channel early 90s! I enjoy it! Guilty pleasure of mine! 😁
The book is hard to get through, the only thing that was interesting is the reference to Pennywise still living when a couple character head into Derry on an errand.
I'd love to see you do a review of classics like "Night of the Comet", "The Stuff", and "Lost Skeleton of Cadavra"
Would love you guys to do Braindead! I kick arse for the lord!!!
I was about to see if they did that one before I watched this.
Yeah braindead is a must! I'm amazed they haven't done it yet, that seems like such a perfect movie for them. You'll never look at a lawnmower the same again lol.
While listening to this, I had the thought that when it comes to Stephen King novels and the movies not quite matching up or there being missing details. In that time, eeryone was reading the novels. So, someone watching the movie wouldn't be lost in that era.
Now you have to do The Stand.
They'd have to break it into 3 different videos. I would be so awesome.
I'd never rudely disagree with people's tastes in books/movies, but I love this one. The book does do more than just offhandedly describe spooky things like Lovecraft, it explains and shows. If it wasn't bifurcated between alky/druggie and newly sober King, I'd say it would have made its point better and been perfect. Also, try watching King's own (not Kubrick's) Shining miniseries. The only amazing or spooky thing about that is how it can make you fall asleep so fast
Saw this when it first aired on sky1 & i still call that shade of green Tommyknocker green to this day.
Allyce Beasley was on the "Moonlighting" TV series. She was a secretary and her love interest was Curtis Armstrong the guy who played "Booger" in ROTN. Cybill shepherd and Bruce Willis starred. Probably her biggest role.
P.s. this "movie" has given me nightmares since I saw it, about my teeth falling out lol.....
The aliens started to drain the life from the people in the city only after she revealed the ship from underneath the dirt. The dirt blocked the drain and influence effect of the ship. The Indians that went into those woods saw crazy lights and heard sounds. The ones that got lost in the woods lost their minds and died. The aliens were like the vampires in "Lifeforce". They stopped on earth to "refuel" themselves(lifeforce) and the ships fuel(lifeforce).
Thanks I knew I recognized her from somewhere! Good one, I liked her as that quirky crazy secretary! :)
OMG, I used to like watching Moonlighting, even though I was pretty young and don't understand English that well. I like the chemistry between Bruce and Cybill. Only found out years later that they hated each other's guts
Lets have Lifeforce as a review, I could then die happy!
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho yes!! Lifeforce is great, I just watched it again 2 weeks ago lol.
Been in love with Marg Helgenberger since the 1st time I saw her. It was a Steven Seagal movie. As for Jimmy Smits, he had a great roll as the 1st man of Spanish decent running for and winning the presidency in the television show "The West Wing"
Maximum Overdrive was my first Stephen King film, he has no idea how to end his stories and their are always the main story and some sub story angle going on at the same time. His best tv film adaptation still is Salem's lot.
James Wan is a director that I like a lot, so a remake can actually work.
I kind of remember reading somewhere that Stephen King once said that if he could rewrite one of his books it would probably be The Tommyknockers because he finds the book to be garbage but feels that, somewhere deep inside its pages, there is a potentially good book.
I'm curious, what specifically do you like about his directorial style?
Tommyknockers is a folklore thing that miners used as benevolent spirit who lived in the mines and would "warn the miners" when the wood support beams would creak or groan, sounding like someone knocking on the wood. it would hint to the miners that the ground was shifting and the mine would be in danger of collapse. Not that this didn't stop cave-ins or miners becoming trapped and killed, but that's the original history of it
Allyce Beasley, also better known as ditzy receptionist Agnes DiPesto from Moonlighting!
The cover of the movie with the alien on the right always confused me, from far away, it looks like an alien with an Elvis hair or Bride of Frankenstein hair and clothes.
I’m definitely looking forward to the second adaptation of The Tommyknockers, mainly because James Wan is directing it and Stephen King has probably had a great deal adaptations especially with It (2017), Gerald’s Game and 1922. Plus, the new Pet Sematary adaptation looks pretty great.
They're making a new one?
I'm not that optimistic about the Pet Sematary remake, though, because all I've seen of it seems to be a tad too... intense. Its probably me, but one of the things that really worked for me with the original movie was that it was harsh and sad instead of high octane, which I was not expecting when I first watched it.
The unnecessary addition of the spooky kids in animal masks is turning me off of "Pet Sematary" and they're so prominent in the trailer and ads. Why?
That sheriff must have learned her craft from Resident Evil 2's Chief Irons. ;)
The Stand! We need The Stand review :D
Didn’t expect this film. Looking forward to checking out the review later. Great film, love it.
You fellas should review the Salem's Lot mini series directed by Tobe Hooper, I guarantee it's a far more entertaining watch.
James Mason is brilliant in that 😀
@@Grandmastergav86 James Mason is brilliant in everything. I rewatched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea recently for the first time since early childhood and realized he brought a heartbreaking terrifying depth to Captain Nemo that I doubt Jules Verne even glimpsed was there.
"Twice I've put it down and never picked it up again." Wow, parallel universe LOL
Tommyknockers is Stephen King at the height of his drug addiction, that is why it's so batshit. I liked the book quite a lot, even though it's basically Lovecraft's Colour Out Of Space stretched to 800 pages.
"A 3 hour, fucking production" perfectly summarizes most Stephen King miniseries. Even the ones I like haha
It's interesting that the adaptation most fans are really enthusiastic about is, according to sources, the one King himself really dislikes( Kubricks The Shining).
I saw this when I was a kid. The aliens reminded of this card I had from Marvel called Cobweb. Kinda scary how they looked alike with the open mouths
Check out "Storm of the Century" with Colm Feore. Stephen King said it's his favorite TV adaptation of his work.
I remember Marg Hellenberger in a series called China Beach..
Ruth is effected in the miniseries. She's starts to have the same mind-reading abilities as everyone else. But she doesn't submit as quickly so she gets ICED
In the book, the Tommyknockers were trying to make the earth more like their planet. They were trying to change the air. The book said they were makinf "Tommyknocker air".
The long buildup was supposed to be similar to the vampire infestation from Salem's Lot. You call them filler scenes, they just missed the mark. Slowly, slowly, slowly, then everyone's doomed.
After scanning through many of the comments, I must say I'm amazed that none (that I read) made any mention of the similarities between THE TOMMYKNOCKERS and Nigel Kneale's QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. Kneale, in a letter he wrote to me, stated that his people were looking into the matter and considering legal action for copyright infringement. (I never heard any more about this from anyone concerned.)
Awesome Review , I seen this movie couple times but tbh until watching your review I finally understood it lol .
Stephen King was writing for magazines they paid by the word so he made his stories very descriptive. Have you read his book"on writing "?
Excellent! Great choice
Yess exactly what I needed today!!! Keep it going boys
Always love watching your reviews!
The Tommyknockers was just one of many Stephen King adaptations that arrived on a shelf in Norway during the 90's. I ate up almost everything at the time, despite not many of them being very good as I came to realize much later. I never got the connection between a Tommyknocker and the aliens in this movie and its one of the things that left me baffled as I sat through it. I later learned that a tommyknocker was a term for miners that had been trapped underground calling for help.
Holy shit, ya'll... I have had the worst fucking day.
But THIS... (and keep in mind... I wasn't even EXPECTING something as awesome as a schlocky Stephen King mini series from the 1990's)....
This... makes it ALLLLL RIIIIIGHTTTTT.
So... Please... DON'T GIVE UP, MY MANS! Keep fighting the good fight! Ya'll are MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
*Looks around*
I mean... at least to me... cant speak to anyone else....
But fuck it, I will anyway.
SHELVERS FO LIFE!!!!
*fist bump*
Get in! There my dinner break sorted thanks guys!!!!!!! I remember this being in 2 parts watched them in secret in my room on a tiny TV scared the shit out of me!
Please do The Desperation mini series someday. I'd love to hear your opinions
Not to be mistaken with Tony knockaert who plays for Brighton!
Stephen King… What it means to be for Maine. Sing that to the Poland Springs song if it’s perfectly actually a lot of things in the miniseries were in the book, but they either happened to other people or they were toned down because it was television. I also see Gard and Bobbi as friends with benefits.
Love your reviews, guys! Please keep up the great work. You've got a fan in Virginia, USA.
As a hugh Stephen King fan, I too could not get through the book and thought the movie was terribly boring. Here's hoping they really do remake it.
IT actually makes 2 cameos in the book. IT's ignored and thought of as hullucinations.
I read the book that was based off!
Tommyknockers wasn't a good book. It was originally a novella that was forced into a novel because SK was drunk and kept writing. It should never have been made into a movie. Some bills obviously needed to be paid.
Watched as a kid and didn’t remember much about it other than there was a lot of green going on. Tried to rewatch it recently but couldn’t make it past 30 minutes.
I thought I misread the title,but no.
The Boys are actually doing a review of the Tommyknockers .... okay.
All that Stephen King gold and they go for the gravel.
Hey guys, great review (as always)! ❤️
Next you should do The Stand, or Species! 😃👍🏻
Sleepwalkers would be interesting aswell 👍
@@NickElliott-xn4bg ooooh, yeah, that’s a good one! 😃👍🏻
Between you guys and drunken uncle? Its been a good night. Thank you.
I'm an Old School Dr. Who fan, so things like this, Langoliers etc I like. I know it's batshit crazy but I made sense of it as a Teen and it makes a kind of sense now. I mean I see it as Ship crashes however long ago, dead Pilot's mind caught up in the device and caused much of what happened, then eventually it snares (I forgot her name lol) and it spreads from there, it's an automatic repair process of some kind, but with no living mind behind it, hence little sense. I mean how else would high tech Alien shit work based on a subconscious mind while it was dying? I think I mean it only makes sense, in as much as it didn't make sense, like an accidental invasion. I mean what if this was a crew of Plumbers, just out and about and crashed by accident? In that respect it's in the same Universe as Morons from outer space...
That's a point... guys you need to watch Morons from Outer Space, review it or not I know you'll love it! Jimmy Nail, his Mrs and Julian abandoning Mel Smith because they can't be arsed with him anymore and crash on Earth. Hard to explain, just endless stupidity of old school quality you just don't get today. I mean the ship crashlands on the M25, causes a horrific accident and the Police decide to put cones out. Seriously go and watch it lol
Never seen this miniseries because it just didn't look very good,, but The Tommyknockers is my favorite Steven King novel. Call me a blasphemer, but I think he's even stronger at writing science fiction than horror and this "batshit" tale struck me as sad and disturbing and sublime. He's claimed he was so high, he wrote the book with tampons in his cocaine-shredded nostrils to stanch the blood from dripping on his pages. And blasphemer that I am, I rejoice that the man beat his addictions shortly thereafter instead of dying .... but fucking hell, I haven't loved anything I've read that he's written while sober.
So I should do mr. Brooks I love that movie!
Katy Teacher yeeeeeeees!!!!
Excellent, thanks guys. I wouldn't recommend the miniseries but I didn't mind the book. This is definitely one of the weaker Stephen King adaptations and I don't really think any of the TV versions they made back in the day hold up now.
This was great (as always), u guys should do more Stephen King.
Is that A Draco Mallfoy doll in the back there lol
Finally finished the Dark Tower series on Monday. Then read The wind through the keyhole. I wonder if the green light found in the salt mines in the book is produced by one of the machines that the townsfolk in tommyknockers created.
Yo, that's wild.
Great video. Cool Spike puppet also
Pleeeeeeease do Storm Of The Century! It’s actually good and will be a great palate cleanser after this p.o.s.
As I'm not religious, there was a bit too much of that in that movie.
How old are you two? I really am surprised that you did not know much about Jimmy Smits. He was a major cast member in the 80s series LA Law and was in the West Wing playing the new president when it ended. I feel old!
I'm with Gary
Eez too late, Wuth!
The Becka Paulson story was an original short story that Stephen King wrote before he wrote the Tommyknockers. Then he decided to edit into the book, I guess to pad it out. Anyway, in the book she ends up, killing both Joe and herself. It was made into an outer limits episode in the 90s starring Catherine O’Hara as Becca Paulson. That one was changed to where the motivationfor her getting her powers was being shot in the head. It does end the same way as the book an original short story does.
Paulson story was an original short story that Stephen King wrote before he wrote the Tommyknockers. Then he decided to edit into the book, I guess to pad it out. Anyway, in the book she ends up, killing both Joe and herself. It was made into an outer limits episode in the 90s starring Catherine O’Hara as Becca Paulson. That one was changed to where the motivationfor her getting her powers was being shot in the head. It does end the same way as the book an original short story does.
German mortars are formidable Tommy knockers
Is the old man the same actor who played upson pratt in creepshow.
Yep 😁👍
It's a flying saucer in the book. The movie miniseries started ok, then drifted away from the book. Also, the sherrif in the series is a couple of characters mashed together. I liked the book a lot anf how it criticizes humankinf for playing with nuclear power/weapons like the aliens... idiot savants.
I played my game boy during watching this movie completely
Is that a stuffed Warlock doll on the DVD case?
It’s Spike from the puppet episode of Angel
Have you guys do a review on " Class of 1999" ?
I'd love to hear your opinions in it.
Big fan, thanks for keeping me entertained
Aww man. Since you didn't recognize Allyce Beasley, does it means that neither watched the TV series "Moonlighting" (that made Bruce Willis famous)? Next, you will tell me that you also didn't grow up looking the awesome "Crime story". Not sure if we can be friends now.
Felt the same way about this mini-series. I was waiting for something interesting to happen, turns out the best part was the last 30 minutes. Everything else was completely unnecessary.
you got me thinking about made for tv Stephen King films
the one that seems the most over looked, best soundtrack, brooding mood. . .
*Salem's Lot (TV Movie 1979)*
And if they didn't know, now they know.
Hi Fellas IF you have not done one yet. ID really like to see You two review 1986 The Fly.Please! do a review on The Fly ( 1986) Love this movie. Also I've heard on you tube talking about remaking it. Really enjoy your reviews and I look forward to more new ones in the future I hope.
Oh.... yes.....
I always looked at this movie like a crappy goosebumps episode. Apparently the book is better, despite all the goofy, over the top nonsense, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
Halloween 2019 is coming up! You should do The Shining! Or maybe even better you should do the shining and The Shining mini-series together!
I remember watching this with my dad in the early 90s and having fond memories of it, but looking back now, it was total garbage. I'd love to see reviews from you guys about Castle Freak (1995), Rumpelstiltskin (1995), and also The Unnamable (1988) and The Unnamable Returns (1992). All lesser known films, and terrible in their own right, but it would be funny and interesting to hear your take on those.
I remembered this being bad also never went back to it after its original airing
Did you guys already do the Stand?
The guy with the metal plate in his head is basicly Trevor from gta V, waking up on a beach with no recollection from the night before.
Is that a puppet of the tall man??
Love the tommyknockers!
Yessssss
Please! do a review on The Fly (1986)
Yay TommyKnockers
This or The Shinning miniseries, which is worse?
Ok, Ive killed my huisband, now what's do it do?
Poor Bail Organa ... at least the Prequels were better than this I guess...watched it ages ago once, and read the book, but almost forgotten any details
*Turn Up*
This isn't my favorite King adaptation either Gents. Great Video however!
I love your reviews, I could listen to you guys talk about a dog taking a shit and it would be entertaining 😎
Maybe the aliens decided that they hated that guy and that he was no good, so they had the wife kill him.
This was far from his best book, and wow....a terrible film, looking forward to this review.
A fair to generous review...thanks! I think by the time you reach the denouement in both the book and the TV show you are so very bored, you just don't care!
I enjoyed tommy-knockers but I feel that whatever they tried to do did not translate very well.. from book to movie.
A good review of a bad film. I'll give the novel another go but definitely will never revisit this film.