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Oct 21, 1983 · The Dead Zone: Directed by David Cronenberg. With Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom. A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
- (78K)
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- David Cronenberg
- 1983-10-21
The Dead Zone is a 1983 American science-fiction thriller film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay, by Jeffrey Boam, is based on the 1979 novel of the same title by Stephen King. The film stars Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Martin Sheen, Anthony Zerbe, and Colleen Dewhurst.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities.
- (54)
- David Cronenberg
- R
- Christopher Walken
"The Dead Zone" does what only a good supernatural thriller can do: It makes us forget it is supernatural. Like "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist," it tells its story so strongly through the lives of sympathetic, believable people that we not only forgive the gimmicks, we accept them.
Based on the novel by Stephen King, a shy school teacher awakes from a coma to learn that 5 years have passed and that he can see into someone's past or future by touching them. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
- 99 min
- 13
Johnny Smith is a young schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him. Unfortunately, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, he is involved in a wreck with an 18-wheel tractor-trailer and is in a coma for 5 years.
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Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years.
