
Featuring shades of Edgar Allen Poe's ["A Tell-tale Heart" and] "The Black Cat", 1922, with a Bonny and Clyde sub-plot, based on the Stephen King novella of the same name, centers on simple but proud farmer, Wilfred James, who, with the reluctant help of his teenage son, murders his wife to gain ownership of her inherited land. Shortly after, however, strange and supernatural occurrences begin to plague both James and his farm. Is it just simple bad luck, or is it the work of... (Full plot summary below)
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Featuring shades of Edgar Allen Poe's ["A Tell-tale Heart" and] "The Black Cat", 1922, with a Bonny and Clyde sub-plot, based on the Stephen King novella of the same name, centers on simple but proud farmer, Wilfred James, who, with the reluctant help of his teenage son, murders his wife to gain ownership of her inherited land. Shortly after, however, strange and supernatural occurrences begin to plague both James and his farm. Is it just simple bad luck, or is it the work of something much more sinister?
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| Consequence of SoundDan CaffreyIt helps that Hilditch has Jane in the central role. Along with Carla Gugino’s turn in Gerald’s Game, Netflix has two of the strongest performances in any King adaptation to date. |
| IndiewireEric KohnWhile nothing groundbreaking, the story mines a degree of profundity out of the traditional supernatural thriller tropes at its core. |
| The VergeTasha RobinsonAt its best, it’s a reminder that King’s biggest strengths lie in his unparalleled ability to build tension, create atmosphere, and tell a direct and brutal story, not in his ability to launch profitable many-branched franchises. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenZak Hilditch's 1922 informs Steven King's pulp feminism with primordial, biblically ugly force. |
| ClarínNazareno BregaThe progressive mental wear suffered by the character is transformed into ruthless torture and... this gradualism becomes frightening... [Full review in Spanish] |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfA haunting viewing experience, managing a dark tale of murder and expanding guilt with style and care for King's wicked interests in the corrosion of soul and the blurring of reality. |
| The PlaylistAndrew Crump1922 is a ghastly slow burner, not the kind where nothing happens until the last ten minutes, but rather the kind that layers minor incident upon minor incident until they tally up to something major. |
| TheWrapTodd GilchristZak Hilditch’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella of the same name feels overlong or maybe underfed, fleshing out the character’s mental deterioration in handsome but unsurprising detail. |
| ColliderHaleigh FoutchAtmospheric and sparing, 1922 is one of King's subtle nightmares, but it packs a punch by inspecting the familiar terrors of masculine pride gone wrong and the sinking spiritual punishment of a man who chooses his own damnation. |
| Film Festival TodayChristopher Llewellyn ReedIt may not be particularly original, but the details are well-realized, and the film moves along at a brisk pace. A minor King adaptation, perhaps, but a good one. |