- Release Date: 1983
- Runtime: 103 min
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom ... see all
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Plot: A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.
User Reviews
This movie was good
Aug 14, 2008
sportsfreak711 - yahoo.com
Aug 14, 2008sportsfreak711 - yahoo.com
Christopher Walken is a great actor the ploot is amazing and the movie was a memoriable movie its a very good story what do u expect its steven king see this movie... Full review
The Dead Zone is an unlively ride
Jun 22, 2008
samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
Jun 22, 2008samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
The Dead Zone was a brilliantly made story by Stephen King, but the movie, alas, is not. Taking away many of the opening thrills in the book, the story starts a little before the accident. Our "supposed" hero named Johnny has... Full review
Absolutely Silly
May 02, 2008
w19601 - yahoo.com
May 02, 2008w19601 - yahoo.com
This is the silliest movie I have ever seen. Stupid plot, bad acting and phony drama add up to super 'snordom.' See this movie only if you want to see your actor/tress icons make total fools of themselves in this most... Full review
Solidly made, but fairly dry
Dec 18, 2007
danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
Dec 18, 2007danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
It's pretty faithful to the novel, thematically if not narratively, and it's solidly acted, written, and directed, but it's just so dry. It's very subtle and low-key and oh-so boring. There's snippets of the traditional Cronenbergian visuals (the scissors in the... Full review
Chris Walken is the man..
Sep 09, 2007
aboveground65 - yahoo.com
Sep 09, 2007aboveground65 - yahoo.com
Chris Walken is brilliant in this film as the lead character based on a Stephen King novel. Chris arises from a coma only to find he's been asleep for 5 years and well he has the power to see into the... Full review
Love this movie
Sep 07, 2007
keveagle - yahoo.com
Sep 07, 2007keveagle - yahoo.com
A guy wakes up from a coma and can now tell things about people as well as the future by touching them. Kind of fun right? Yeah until he shakes hands with a candidate for President who will start a Nuke... Full review
This Movie Was...
Sep 07, 2007
mcbay025 - yahoo.com
Sep 07, 2007mcbay025 - yahoo.com
better than i was expecting, after seeing this once it became one of my favorites...King just shows how he's the greatest author of this generation, another one of his books becomes a classic film... Full review
THERE IS NO BETTER
Sep 07, 2007
ufirst07 - yahoo.com
Sep 07, 2007ufirst07 - yahoo.com
this is the best movie i ever watched. i read the book and was hoping for a movie just as good. i loved it... Full review
One of the better Stephen King movies.
Sep 07, 2007
landy2good - yahoo.com
Sep 07, 2007landy2good - yahoo.com
During the 80's, it looked like each year saw a adapted version of a Stephen King novel, some were terrific(Stand By Me,Shining)some were plain awful(Maximum Overdrive)this is one of the better adaptations of his works because of the skillful direction of... Full review
Great
Sep 07, 2007
heavy_d2000 - yahoo.com
Sep 07, 2007heavy_d2000 - yahoo.com
This is a good movie. The best part was the end it was perfect there couldn't have been a better ending to this movie it was perfict... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 04, 2009associatedcontent.com
The movie The Dead Zone , a 1983 adaptation of the 1979 novel by Stephen King, is a fine example of cinematic sleight of hand.....Throughout the movie The Dead Zone , Christopher Walken displays excellent facial expressions of surprise and confusion as his character is involved with one moral dilemma after another..... ... Full Review
| Sep 26, 2006Entertainment Insiders
Dead Zone, The Special Collector's Edition (1983)
The Dead Zone is clearly one of the best Stephen King adaptations.
Christopher Walken offers a haunting performance that stands as one of his best as well.
... Full Review
| Jun 29, 2006IGN, CA
June 29, 2006 - The Dead Zone returned Sunday, June 18, for its fifth season, with a shocking development in the ongoing battle between Johnny Smith and the secret agents of the Apocalypse.
Unfortunately, there are a few character moments that simply don't work.
... Full Review
| Sep 19, 2000DVD Talk
I had never thought of The Dead Zone as being a particularly great-sounding film during my previous viewings, but this time I really noticed how vivid the sound was.
THE DEAD ZONE (1983) is a true rarity -- a movie based on the writings of Stephen King that is actually good!
... Full Review
Cinema Laser
The film element used for the transfer is in very good shape, displaying very little appreciable film grain.
Paramount Home Entertainment has done a truly impressive job transcribing THE DEAD ZONE to DVD.
... Full Review
News
Movie Review: The Dead Zone
associatedcontent.com –
2009-03-04
Contrasts with OrdinarinessThe movie The Dead Zone, a 1983 adaptation of the 1979 novel by Stephen King, is a fine example of cinematic sleight of hand.The cards of kaleidoscopic horror we assume we are holding, because of the link with... ... Full Article
A Dead Zone movie is possible
tvsquad.com –
2008-06-21
"Christopher Walken plays a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith, who awakens from a five-year coma.He discovers that he has acquired the ability to foretell a person's future simply by touching his or her hand. ... Full Article
The Dead Zone
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2006-10-23
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