A young man thrills to the eerie mists of a murderous "Strawberry Spring." A winter storm hits and a group of old codgers who regularly gather around the Reliable at Henry's Nite-Owl discover the gruesome fate of an old crony in the title story, "Gray Matter." A son, horrified by the grim indignity of death, struggles with his love for "The Woman in the Room," while a hit man, back from a successful assignment, finds himself besieged by a toy army that turns his New York penthouse into a deadly "Battleground." In "I Know What You Need," a pretty college co-ed finds the perfect lover while on a campus in Maine. Harper's office, keeping a close watch on the closet door, Lester Billings relates the bizarre tale of "The Boogeyman" who has taken his children's lives. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror even closer to home. Now listeners can chill to this dramatic unabridged production of 6 short stories from his best-selling book, Night Shift. 3 bumps in the night out of 5.Consummate master of his craft, Stephen King has kept millions awake past midnight shivering at tales that probe the shadows and reveal the dark side. Slightly above average, but just be aware that it is not a perfect horror film and it does have it's fair share of problems and pacing issues throughout. If the director and writers didn't put the effort into making us care about the characters, then it would've stayed a 1.5, but thankfully, they grew on me and by the end of the film, I was hoping they would make it out alive. The film actually started out as a 1.5/5 stars but worked it's way up to 3/5 by the end of it. Almost as if they had no connection to the story other than the creature and the protaganists. Some of it felt like they were just throwing ideas for scary scenes at us. The opening seemingly took forever to get to any of the good stuff, and when it does get there, we're thrown from scene to scene with almost no set up to it. Seemed very unrealistic for how close they all seemed and only frustrated me in the end. My issue with the film was how closed up the father was towards his wifes death and talking with his daughters about it.
The acting is all servicable and the characters feel real, for the most part. You never really get a good look at the creature, and I felt that worked towards making the film much more suspenseful. The dread is there, the sets and lighting is perfect. This could have been a great horror film.
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