A few thoughts: Quite simple one of the most baffling awful and still somehow popular horror movies of its time, this Stephen King story is full of dumb characters behaving almost aggressively stupid, filled with "scary" scenes I wouldn't expect to be shocking to a 9-year-old. And it's rated R. So it fits into that weird space where a lot of King's more mediocre films fit into, where the intended audience seems to be an imaginary number that's older than 16, but younger than 16 at the same time. Fred Gwynn is absolutely hysterical in this, delivering one of the most classic/awful horror performances in a popular movie. His accent, vocal inflections, and tendencies to mention "roads" and/or "burial grounds" in virtually every sentence make him something to behold. The other actors aren't any better, so st least he was memorable. The scenes with the little kid turned evil are laughable as well. It's just a confusingly off-target mess with no real positives apart from the unintentional humor that can be easily squeezed from it.
Stephen King devotees, and people who like their horror being completely unscary and totally devoid of atmosphere.
My grade: D+
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