The Dark Half (1993)
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
- George A. Romero
- Tom Dubensky
- Nicholas Mastandrea
- Drew Ann Rosenberg
- James Ellis Deakins
- George A. Romero
- Stephen King
Rating: 6/10 by 407 users
Alternative Title:
A Metade Negra - BR
La part des ténèbres - FR
La Metà Oscura - IT
The Dark Half - Stephen King - AU
Temná půle - CZ
Stark - The Dark Half (1993) - DE
Тёмная половина - RU
La mitad siniestra - CO
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 02 minutes
Budget: $15,000,000
Revenue: $10,611,160
Plot Keyword: new york city, sheriff, based on novel or book, brain tumor, blackmail, razor, pseudonym, alter ego, murder, maine, author, sparrow, family, super power, graveyard, high toned
A visually spectacular ending, but one that delivers little in the way of answers, and doesn't change a so-so beginning and middle of a film in any way that's meaningfully satisfactory. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
