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  • I think the book was good, but this? this seems like shit.. Why did they even bother?

  • it was a glut of awful book adaptations like this that made stephe kings sale go down the pan

    if you think this is bad try watching the langoliers

    or maximum overdrive

    or

    about 50 other grade A pieces of crap

    shame as hes a genius writer

  • "Another kind of spirit has been Kocking at havens door" LMFAO

  • Da dErp de derp, tatttily terp...

  • I saw this movie before the book, and now that I'm reading the book, this movie is a very very bad version of the book. It's a shame they couldn't do a good blockbuster. It has potential. Well, all of King's novels have that potential.

  • @SrJimmyZOSO yes I agree,his books are more interesting then scary but still there are some good ones too like salems lot,creepshow and IT (which is a bad movie but I enjoyed it :D)

  • It's a cookbook.

  • I remember watching this trailer on the Dead Alive VHS tape and thinking wow I want to watch this. Now that I have seen the Nostalgia Critic review I don't think so lol.

  • I'm so sorry,But the Aliens in Tommuknockers look So Silly, it's stupidly funny

  • Most agreed, Stephen King movies are usually dog shit but his books are fantastic. Take the book Dreamcatcher for example. In the movie they made a character, who is not an alien in the book, an alien....what???

  • the tommyknockers is the best book i ever read. But the movie is bad

  • This is the 34th movie that Traci Lords was in that had the word "knockers" in the titie.

  • CSI: Haven

  • When you think of the "Tommyknockers" concept (aliens and space ships and shit), it sounds corny but the way SK writes makes it a VERY good read.

  • holy shit after so many years i forgot about this movie and kept searching for it i finally found it!!! gonna get it right now

  • This is King's version of Body Snatchers. This film introduced me to Marg Helgenberger. I always thought her character in this was very virginal until she got repossessed. That virginal thought proved wrong when you see her in Species where there's a one-second shot of her boobs. So I stand corrected ; )

  • This is one of my favorite books ever!!! but i think the film was quit interested! not as good as the book apparently but worth to watch! i liked it!! although i really wanted to see that bitch Anne DIE!!!

  • Meh. Another Stephen King book/movie failure. This trailer provides another reason for me not a see a King movie/book tie in.

  • Only 1 Stephen King based movie was ever close to the book and that was The Dark Half. It was nearly 100% verbatim. Nearly all other films based on his books are complete crap.

  • 0:16 she's sure got some tommyknockers

  • @Reublol Indeed.

  • @SrJimmyZOSO calm down you fuckwit

  • Stephen King books are about as scary as the teletubbies

  • @alSation81 Yeah because you have obviously read them I'd be surprised if you even know your ABC's let alone be able to grasp and comprehend what Stephen King imagines i doubt you are able to reads Mister Men let alone The King of Horror. Give me a break. Let me guess you are just Twitard who got all hurt with King speaking the truth. Sigh.

  • @EndlessLaymon I think Stephen King is clever with some of his ideas ... but "horror"? Really, this is "horrifying" to you? I don't get all the personal attacks from trolls about one simple comment.

  • @alSation81 I never said anything about this miniseries being horrifying. I was referring to his books that are ''horrifying'' not his adaptations. I was pointing that you are basing you ideas on King's talent as a storyteller of horror on his films . That is what I was implying. Have you even read a King book? Because you can't judge a writer by his subpar adaptations

  • @alSation81 . I don't get all the personal attacks from trolls about one simple comment. Um could you word that better because i really can't fathom what you are e trying articulate.

  • @EndlessLaymon Stephen King: quantity not quality

  • @alSation81 Quantity not quality? Have you even read any of his books. The Green Mile itself proves he can write. Or The Stand, IT, Different Seaosn's.. Tell me have you read any of his books? or are you just trying to fight with his fans? It seems all you do is judge him on his adaptations not the novels he produces. And for the record many Stephen King movies are shit stick to the books which you most likely don't read.

  • @alSation81 So basically arguing about Stephen King with someone who doesn't read his work is a pointless waste of time. Like I will rearticulate you can't judge a writer by his movies . This god awful mini-serie's does not do justice to the book which is actually very good and the mini-series isn't a good representation of the book

  • @alSation81 Like I have already asked and which you didn't answer have you read his books or not?

    Peace.

  • @EndlessLaymon sorry for being a pain .... I have read four of his books and yes the Green Mile and Shawshank and Misery and Stand by Me were masterpieces of film. I guess the original point I was making was that calling it "horror" is a stretch; Carrie, Christine or It - let alone Tommyknockers or Langoliers or The Stand ... I just don't find it 'scary.

  • @alSation81 Well that is your opinion and I respect that I would defiantly call IT and Christine straight up horror tales. Tommyknockers is more sci-fi The Stand though having a few creepy moments is defiantly not horror.

    Peace.

  • i find this trailer really annoying. i watched this film as a young kid and it scared the hell out of me, n i remember it being really creepy. then i watch the trailer as a now 18 year old and it seems more like a family /kids movie. wtf? and that trailer voice over completely ruins anything scary about the film. shit trailer motherfuckers!!

  • All this is the work of just the one alien who's mind controling these people and making them do it's dirty work or making them become alien like itself

  • Everyone calls me "Wizardry Were Girl"cuz I love the wizards from Harry Potter(and the witches too!)and I like Werewolves,etc.!

  • obviously king based it on Lovecraft's "colour out of space"

  • Late last night and the night before,

    Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door.

    I want to go out, don't know if I can,

    'Cause I'm so afraid of the Tommyknocker man

  • I remember seeing part of this as a kid and I found it to be pretty scary. I never came to the part with the alien like creatures though, that would have spoiled it. But the tension building up in the first half made a great atmosphere.

  • salems lot with aliens

  • His books are always scarier. Believe me.

  • People just can't adapt Stephen King books well, can they? Is it like a curse?

  • @ElectronXIII maybe that's because Stephen King's books sucks donkey's balls

  • Horror novel see video book trailer

  • I don't have to watch this movie to know its nothing like the book

  • The guy talking about the movie sounds like he should be narrating a comedy. lol

  • @XmichellopuffX It does sound like Adam sandler is about to pop out on screenn.."A sleepy Maine town...until dave arrived!" Insert Sandler

  • I saw this when i was a kid, scared the hell out of me. Seeing it now years later... it is meant to scare kids XD

  • Heh heh... he said "knockers".

  • I didn't like the film. None of the actors/actresses fit the description of the characters. The script was way way off. And the movie altogether didn't live up to the intensity of the novel.

  • Gotta love this! :D King is King in this Genre.

  • "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door." Sounds like a creepy children's rhyme.

  • @JazkaStar Actually, it is a creepy children's rhyme. This is based off of a book that was based off of the rhyme.

  • Why do they even bother saying "from Stephen Kings best selling novel!" every novel by Stephen King is a best seller.

  • I kinda like some of the cast. To certain extent.. Jimmy Smitts was cool so was E.G Marshal as Ev Hillman. But the script.. jesus, a book thats more than 800 pages... cant make a miniserie with then runtime och 3 hours.... AT least 1 hour / 100 pages in the book. and you would have a hell of a script

  • I love the book, many don't including King himself, but this "movie" was rubbish. Ball dropped.

  • when i was a kid this scared the crap out of me

  • CUJO!!!

  • Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers Tommyknockers, knocking at the door. I want to go out, don't think that I can, 'cause I'm so afraid of the Tommyknocker man.

  • ...

  • WoWzer i'm only 13, im reading the book but this... this is badass!!!

  • Oh my god i rememer watching this at my slumberparty years ago. Still one of the good horrors out there

  • when i was little i watched this movie in the dark & that same night i went to my aunty's house & she had a green light in her hallway on halloween. & i was doing the pee-pee dance but i was scared to go up stairs & wen i finally went up & seen the green light i screamed 'ahhh...tommyknockers, tommyknockers! it's gunna get me!' qaawwd, im a dorkk! ^-^

  • 'Tommy Knockers, Tommy Knockers, Knocking at the Door...'

  • 0:27 I always thought this clip/scene from the preview was weird, she reminds me of my old before and after school teacher. Why is she in a rubber room? And why the hell is it always New England or anytown USA with Stephen King?! Come on bro theres a world outside this country, just sayin.

  • i watched this when i was younger, yeah it scared me!

  • @Rahall001 0:51 he was on that court show and also in Star Wars, and 0:52 she is on CSI, my gawd she is fuckin hot!!!!!!!! Way to get your audience horny Stephen King!

  • Tommyknockers,funny name O.o

  • @Sega1544 Yeah what the fucks up with the name???

  • i fucking love this book so much.

  • i rented this book from the library and i didn't even got started reading maybe i should. plus i am obsesse with this movie and im starting to reading salem lot but i have to wait until i finish tommyknockers

  • The book was so much better

  • tommyknockers tommyknockers knocking on the door. lol i really love this movie too bad i got the 120 min of the movie.

  • Jesus, does this look like a TV movie.

    If only The Tommyknockers instead of The Shining was the King book Kubrick has adapted for the screen. HE could have made sure it had the book's ugliness, cynicism, and grit were in the film. Much as I like The Shining, it really is kind of overblown for a movie mostly about four people.

  • @imphic Yeah and The Stand was insanely long, like 6 hours long.

  • I usually dont like older movies (probably cuzim 16) but i love stephen kings movies, is this one any good? and is it scary cuz it doesnt look scary.

  • @AJD7DC Its about to come on SyFy in about 10 minutes

  • @thehilitereel oh wow thanks lol

  • @AJD7DC Exorcist was better

  • I read through 4 Dean R Koonts books when I was younger. I started to read this book but never finished it.

  • @Bastige56 You really should, it's fantastic. Especially the second part that centers around the residents of Haven, and the effects the ship has on them.

  • never made it to finish the book.... too big, made me bored... i'm a huge king's fan, though, since i was a kid, have read the majority of his work... anyway, the film was kinda terrible... :S

  • I didn't like this series, I loved The Stand though.

  • In comparison to the book the movie was pretty poor they were different too, worth a watch though great original sci-fi movie with terrible special effects but who cares

  • Wow... this looks AWFUL!!! The book was amazing, but this looks so bad I cannot believe it. Some things that King writes should never be put into visual...

  • @burstmatress yeah i am about 70 minutes into the film. the book is much.. MUCH better! (so far)

  • @burstmatress Totally agree, the Tommyknockers book is so good... I read it over and over and over and it scares me over and over... ;D I ♥ Stephen King!!!

  • @izzysuperfan That book is scary. I would read a chapter of it at 2 in the morning in my room. After the chapter, i would hesitate to read another one. hahaha! I've been wanting to watch the movie but geez-us! It's so hard to get it. I can't get it on Netflix or youtube. Do you insist on any other books of S.K? Note que vienes de Mexico...apoco sale ese libro en espanol? Or do you know english extremely well?

  • @him3zz Ese libro también salió en español :) I love every book written by King. In my bookshelf I have Carrie, Christine, the Shining, Green Mile, Duma Key, Under the Dome, Cujo, Rage, It, the Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, Misery and Cell. Of course all of them in spanish. Well, I saw a TV show based on Tommyknockers and it was good, but not enough good as the book is. :S Viva México :)

  • The book was way much better and more creapier as they turned into aliens in the book. The movie was so corny they should remake it and do it more like the book.

  • anyone else notice skeletor in bed at 0:33?

  • this used to be my favorite movie when i was little haha.. i used to always make my grama put it on.

  • @jkiins holy shit me too, this movie brings back a lot of good memories, me and all my friends used to try to play pretend to this movie.....good times......

  • I think they should remake this movie and make it just like the book. The ending of the book was way more exciting than the movie.

  • Book-good

    movie-awful

  • I have seen this movie NOT scary!!!!!

  • didn't know marg helgenberger was in this...

  • Finnaly!! I was looking for the title of the movie since I saw it when I was little :D

    aah only Stephen King could write such a genious book ;p

  • Love this story. Just finished the book. Its as if the Overlook Hotel from "The Shining" was instead a U.F.O buried in the earth, and giving everybody in town "the shining" ability.

  • @TheVideodrome10 I love the way you put that. Excellent description.

  • The music sux for the commercial.

  • Looks really lame.

  • This scared the living daylights out of me as a kid...tommyknockers tommyknockers knocking on your door :O

  • I don't know if it's just the trailer, but I just finished reading the book, and this looks drastically different from it. For example, there weren't any living Tommyknockers in the book.

  • @AdudenamedKemp Um , The Tommyknockers were The Vessels , not The Actual Aliens .The Aliens were feeding on The Tommyknockers` Energy(as well as the Energy of Those `zapped' by The Tommyknockers) in order to revive & breed A New Race of Alien/Human Hybrids .

  • @1993MovieMan I don't know... they referred to the creatures on the ship as Tommyknockers more than once. Toward the end of the book, they may have referred to the townspeople as Tommyknockers, but only because they were turning into the creatures. My point was that you see a living ship-creature in the trailer, and in the book they were dead, or at least inactive, in the ship.

  • @1993MovieMan were talking about the book Holmes

  • fuckin gay movie, i dint even watch it and i see its nothing like the book which was epic. they certainly didn't bring a dead rat with a string to swing it with

  • @alecvenecia Yes thats it 

  • They ought to remake this movie and make it more like the book where they actually turned into aliens and not having the life sucked out of them for the aliens to come back. Only a few things in the movie were like the book.

  • Currenly reading the book, will see movie after I'm done. :) (I really enjoy reading tommyknockers :))

  • Don't watch the movie then... It may ruin it for you.

  • @Gam3d agreed, I read the book, which was great, however when I watched the movie I was sooo disappointed...just terrible! Book: 9/10 Movie: 1/10

  • @idolfreak002 the book is incredible, very articulate and well-written. the movie is cheesy garbage!!!

  • it's a fantastic book i thought

    a little draining but great

  • watching it right now iz on commercial

  • i watched this when i was really really little and i remember this! :O

    i love horrors and i should watch this again soon :)

  • watched the movie when I was seven im 25 now scared the shit out of me lol

  • I finished the book like 15 minutes ago, it is a damn sight better than this film looks.

  • reading this book right now, And it's amazing! The movie looks fail

  • i'm reading the book right now.... i wanna watch the movie but i can't find a copy.... better read the book than watch it, i guess... seeing the trailer, it's not that good

  • i'm reading the book...and well it isn't really like the film .... and who is the police woman with ginger hair ? Ruth something ?

  • omg i luv dis movie i watched it wen i wuz i think 9 years old nd im 14 now nd im reading da book nd the shining both r great books nd movies!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Please learn to spell.

  • @Gam3d really dude i dont have to when i'm just typing comments, texting or sending emails to my friends but when i type or write a paper i spell correctly so calm down buddy! there are you happy??

  • Part of learning is putting it to use. If you stop using correct grammar after school because you no longer need to, what was the point of learning it?

  • @Gam3d really dude!! you sound like my father!!!!!!!!!! but i see your point but hey it's not your problem now is it?? =(

  • I am the tommyknocker

  • watched this when I was very, very young along with CHild's Play 2 (gave myself the heebie-jeebies). All I remember is the man and woman going into the UFO to save her son; her son walking up to some moss covered creature, calling it "Grandpa"; and the man hooking up to the ship, literally - drills were...drilling into his head/his eyes glowed green - as he took the ship up into the sky to destroy it.

  • the book is like uber long xDD I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! xDD (and the book.. )

  • pure ownage for every book he makes

  • The book was actually written as a metaphor for addiction...

  • As was Misery and The Shining

  • You have to look real hard, but you'll find this character named Gard. And he is, like, addicted to, like, stuff.

  • @Gam3d yeah alcahol nd sex!!!!! typical... =D

  • @IIDemolisherII so were other books by stephen king... but they sure were great!!!!!!!!!!! =)

  • pfff you young people... its not about the special effects its about the feeling and in feeling this movie is a masterpiece imo. :)

  • The actors don't look like they fit the characters.

  • They never fit the characters, the best ever Stephen King casting was Kathy Bates in Misery.

  • @huntinger

    Word!

  • Word??

  • Haha! I agree with you :)

    More specifically on your Kathy Bates-comment..

  • @huntinger I don't know, Tim Curry as it was an excellent choice as well, oh well they're both good :D

  • @huntinger Kathy Bates was awesome in Delores Claiborne too.

  • @soulshaker205 I agree x

  • @shadowbelf

    amen, brother !

  • @shadowbelf 0:35 she doesnt get out much I take it. Poor girl.

  • They should remake this movie, like they are remaking IT.. would be great with some modern tech. maybe not as cheesy.

  • @DarkJudgment300 wen they do ill so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

  • I saw the movie first, then read the book, and i prefer the movie, i don't know why everybody hates the movie, i give it 5 stars.

  • bobby is so hot, in the film and book. with the little tentacle thingies in her cooch and the translucent skin. lovely. gotta introduce the fleshy in her alien deeps.

  • Watched this bout 12 years ago when I was 6...pure shit it!

  • One of my favorite King books, did not like this movie. It came off as cheesy and and cheap.

  • ksiazka o wiele lepsza od filmu

  • Great book.Not the film

  • just finished the book, so am now keen to watch the film, although not the biggest fan of stephen kings movie adaptations.

  • it's ok but the book is extreamly better and kicks the mini serieses ass

  • good movie. marg helgenberger did a good job so did jimmy smitts

  • coughQUATERMASScough

    who said that?! ;-)

  • I like this movie

  • jeeez, i just watched the trailer a few seconds and had to turn it off. the books pretty damn kool. but movies almost always ruin the image one builds out of the words in a book. it just doesnt fit and fucks it all, up. might just be a poor director or lack of modern technology when they mdaee the movies. but it just kinda ruins for me every time.

  • Dunno. Ruth's EXACTLY as I imagined her :)

  • Then don't watch the movies anymore. So easy.

  • i read the book of this

  • ....who cares?

  • fair enough

  • @thestrangearea me too ;)

  • This was a tv movie.  But I don't like it as much as the tv adaptations of The Stand or It. I love the Stand!!!

  • I read this book in jail and I just now checked to see if there was a movie made, and I gotta tell ya, this doesn't even look anything like I illustrated this story in my mind. Then again, it wouldn't since it is how I had pictured it and,

    well,

    I don't know but this looks God awful there were no big ugly looking aliens walking around.

  • yeah my version of this book (in my head) seems so real, this is some cheesy 90's crap. the movie doesn't even look that good

  • this trailer doesn't do the movie any justice

  • i love this movie

  • the book is fucking cool

  • this is a great film

  • The book isn´t one of the best he have done...

  • I agree, some of his books are better than the tommyknockers, but I still think it's a good read.