The Gift2000
Psychological horror with the same slow-burn dread and character focus.
Overall7.8
Fear5.0
Atmos7.8
Gore1.0
supernatural
The Dead Zone
1983 · R · 1h 43m
In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
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Release
- In theaters
- October 21, 1983
Curator Score
Based on 1 curator rating · How we score
Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.
Age suitability
The Dead Zone is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 3.0/10 for fear and 1.0/10 for gore, and carries 2 content warnings: child endangerment and self harm.
7.0Overall
Fear3.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere7.0
Genres
dramahorrorthriller
Tags
Subgenre
supernatural
Tone
psychologicalslow-burntragiccharacter-drivendread
Setting
rural
Region
canadianinternational
Content Warnings
child-endangermentself-harm
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Details
Budget$10M
Box office$20.8M
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Starring
Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith · Brooke Adams as Sarah Bracknell · Tom Skerritt as Sheriff Bannerman · Herbert Lom as Dr. Sam Weizak · Anthony Zerbe as Roger Stuart · Colleen Dewhurst as Henrietta Dodd · Martin Sheen as Greg Stillson · Nicholas Campbell as Frank Dodd
Production
Lorimar Motion Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company
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