In the year 1922, a rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.In the year 1922, a rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.In the year 1922, a rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.
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- TriviaHemingford Home is also where Abagail "Mother Abagail" Freemantle resides in Stephen King's The Stand.
- GoofsThe various currencies found around the house are small $20 Bills,they where only made after 1929. All the currency should have been large size notes (not in terms of denominations but physical size).
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Wilfred James: I discovered something that night that most people never have to learn. Murder is sin. Murder is damnation. But murder is also work.
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Stephen King is considered as one of the best novelists in the horror genre & not without reason. Post the stupendous success of IT, Netflix has delivered another movie based on a Stephen King novella of the same name. The movie stars Thomas Jane & Molly Parker of House of Cards fame who plays Arlette James. The movie set in 1922's rural America is about a family of 3 - Wilfred James(Thomas Jane), his wife Arlette & son Henry. The movie is narrated by Wilfred - a farmer who owns 80 acres of land. His wife Arlette has been bequeathed 100 acres of land by her father. While the wife wants to sell all the land & move to the city, her husband & madly in love teenager son have other plans. Wilfred manages to poison his son's mind & conspires with him to brutally murder his own wife. What happens next forms the crux of the story. The movie starts off a bit slowly but picks up pace soon. The movie gets scarier as story proceeds further. The plot is well scripted & will keep you entertained. The characters are well etched & the screenplay is commendable. It does give you a feel of how America was in the 1920's, when it was yet to become the economic & military superpower that it is today. It does provide you a glimpse of rural America & highlights certain aspects of American rural life, hitherto unseen in any other movie. Special mention needs to be given to Thomas Jane for his performance. The movie does fall short in the spooks department. While it does have its share of scary moments, you are likely to be disappointed with the thrills. But if you are a sucker for horror movies, this one is worth watch.
- theopinionatedindian
- Oct 20, 2017
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