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Apr 23, 1993 · The Dark Half: Directed by George A. Romero. With Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris. A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.
The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second-best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1993.
The Dark Half is a 1993 American horror film adaptation of Stephen King's 1989 novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by George A. Romero and stars Timothy Hutton as Thad Beaumont and George Stark, Amy Madigan as Liz Beaumont, Michael Rooker as Sheriff Alan Pangborn, and Royal Dano in his final film.
The Dark Half is a highly serious psychological study that can be faulted for being more curious than actually scary. Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) has had success writing novels under both...
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Jan 1, 2001 · The Dark half is a wicked version of Frankenstein and his monster: When Thad kills off Stark finally, Stark comes back from the dead like Frankenstein's monster. Hyde is no longer imprisoned in Jekyll's body, but he has his own form and control!
Apr 23, 1993 · One of the early images in "The Dark Half" is as terrifying as anything Stephen King has ever conceived. Thad Beaumont, the film's hero, is a gifted boy who wants to be a writer. He suffers headaches and seizures.
Out of the blue, he is blackmailed by a punk from New York that has discovered a hidden secret about Thad: before writing serious novels, he had written cheap literature using the pseudonym of George Stark and has become a successful writer of the genre and made enough money to raise his family.
The Dark Half. A mystery writer becomes successful authoring books under different pen names with differing styles until one of his pseudonyms becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders. 496 IMDb 6.0 2 h 1 min 1993. X-Ray R. Suspense · Horror · Dark · Eerie. Free trial of MGM+. Watch with MGM+. Start your 7-day free trial. Details.
Apr 23, 1993 · When a journalist threatens to expose Beaumont’s pen name, the author decides to go public first, killing off his pseudonym. Stark isn’t content to be dispatched that easily, though. Beaumont’s alter ego comes to life and begins to stalk those responsible for his demise.
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 ...
