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The Dark Half (1993)

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Rated: R; Genres: Horror, Mystery; With: Timothy Hutton and Amy Madigan

While writing under the pseudonym George Stark, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) unconsciously wills the Mr. Hyde-like Stark into being. But when Hutton decides to stop using the pseudonym, the bad good ol' boy goes on a rampage of retribution. Director George Romero turns Stephen King's mentally meager trash into junky fun, with plenty of Play-Doh dread and a few genuine scares. Best of all, the normally deadly dull Hutton slicks back his hair as the razor- wielding George and has a high ol' time of it.

Posted Oct 29, 1993

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