The Dark Half Poster

The Dark Half (1993)

R 04/23/1993 Mystery, Horror 2h 2m
60%
User
Score
6.0/10
59%
53/100

There are very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

Overview

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

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Thad Beaumont / George Stark

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Liz Beaumont

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Sheriff Alan Pangborn

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Reggie DeLesseps

Robert Joy

Robert Joy

Fred Clawson

Kent Broadhurst

Kent Broadhurst

Mike Donaldson

Beth Grant

Beth Grant

Shayla Beaumont

Rutanya Alda

Rutanya Alda

Miriam Cowley

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Rick Cowley

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Media

4K UHD + Blu-ray Promo Trailer

4K UHD + Blu-ray Promo Trailer

Attacked by a Hitchhiker

Attacked by a Hitchhiker

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Gimly

Written on July 26, 2020

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._...

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