The Dead Zone
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 21, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The Dead Zone does what only a good supernatural thriller can do: It makes us forget it is supernatural. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Arguably the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
It has some of that episodic ‘compressed miniseries’ feel which a lot of King pictures get stuck with (the book was later redone as a TV serial with Anthony Michael Hall) but still manages a lot of powerful material. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
A well-acted drama more eerie than terrifying, more rooted in the occult than in sheer horror. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
David Cronenberg turns The Dead Zone into an accomplished psychological thriller. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It never really chills you, but then it never insults you, either, and it's more affecting than you expect any film based on a Stephen King novel to be. [22 Oct 1983]
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay Scott
The Dead Zone, from the book by Stephen King, a horror novelist whose prolific output is the scariest thing about him, is academic filmmaking all the way, a crafty Establishment tour de force. [21 Oct 1983]
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
By no means a bad film, just a disappointingly bland and superficial one. Read full review
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