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Summary: Not scary .
Review: I was sure by watching this movie and after reading the story, that I won't certainly get scarred but who knows with Stephen King. The theme of a vampire in a plane sounds quite dumb. I will say it is finally a OK movie even if it is not scarry at all. Wait until it's on TV to watch it !
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Summary: Undervalued horror
Review: I'm not sure why The Night Flier was demolished by critics. It's a straight up horror film that is true to the conventions of the genre. While the story itself may seem a little silly, it's no where near as bad as some make out to be. In fact, the film not only packs a punch, it can be creepy. The movie focuses around sleazy tabloid journalist Richard Dee's (Ferrer) who was once the "star" reporter for Inside View, a tabloid paper which makes The Weekly World News look like kiddie stories. At one point, Dee's stops to take pictures of the graphic aftermath of a traffic accident. Dee's wants to give his "established" career a jump start so he eventually takes a story given to him by his even sleazier boss. While the story is basically Stephen King's slam against tabloid reporting, King himself has made his millions exploiting the public's love of violence and horror. I smell a little hypocrisy. Anyway, a serial killer has been flying a black Cessna Skymaster 377 and starts landing at small airports along the Eastern seaboard. He leaves in his wake a lot of bloody corpses. Dee's smells the perfect front page story. The film is big on the gore factor, and is fairly stylish. Granted, the film adaptation's of King's books have been, for the most part, awful, but The Night Flier is not only one of the better one's, it's an honorable and worthy contribution to the horror genre.
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Summary: Horroriffic
Review: Many Stephen King films just don't capture the scares Mr. King probably intended. Although The Shining DID and King hated that movie, so I am not sure if he likes The Night Flier or not. Well, he should. I read the story before the movie was made and the film if very faithful to the story and captures the feel perfectly. My town has a small airport like the ones featured in the story and film. No one goes there on a daily basis, so a small plane landing and the vampire pilot feasting on the small landing strip crew, is not only believable, but spooky for me (since I live about half a mile from our "airport".The Night Flier follows a tabloid has-been reporter (played by Miguel Ferrer with his usual gravel-toned zest) chasing a small plane pilot who travels from small airstrip to small airstrip killing the crews he finds in a way that suggests he is (or thinks he is) a vampire. My biggest problem with the DVD is that the killer is displayed on the front and back of the DVD packaging, thereby taking away any of the big surprise reveal of the killer's face near the end. I hate that. It includes a trailer and a slide-show type behind the scenes story about the making of the film. Bottom line, this is one of the good Stephen King films. It's not blatantly scary, but it does have a certain sustained suspense to it as the journalist gains ground on his prey.
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Summary: Stephen King done RIGHT
Review: Many Stephen King films just don't capture the scares Mr. King probably intended. Although The Shining DID and King hated that movie, so I am not sure if he likes The Night Flier or not. Well, he should. I read the story before the movie was made and the film if very faithful to the story and captures the feel perfectly. My town has a small airport like the ones featured in the story and film. No one goes there on a daily basis, so a small plane landing and the vampire pilot feasting on the small landing strip crew, is not only believable, but spooky for me (since I live about half a mile from our "airport". The Night Flier follows a tabloid has-been reporter (played by Miguel Ferrer with his usual gravel-toned zest) chasing a small plane pilot who travels from small airstrip to small airstrip killing the crews he finds in a way that suggests he is (or thinks he is) a vampire. My biggest problem with the DVD is that the killer is displayed on the front and back of the DVD packaging, thereby taking away any of the big surprise reveal of the killer's face near the end. I hate that. It includes a trailer and a slide-show type behind the scenes story about the making of the film. Bottom line, this is one of the good Stephen King films. It's not blatantly scary, but it does have a certain sustained suspense to it as the journalist gains ground on his prey.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: My dad and I love horror movies more then anything else. When my dad and I rented this movie, we were shocked after we saw it. It is my favorite movie ever. Wow, what some special effects. Acting is great also. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Nightflyer A movie with Real Bite!
Review: Nightflyer is one of the best adaptations of A Stephen King story. Miguel Ferrer does an outstanding job playing A sleezy tabloid reporter who in the end gets to close to his work. A great twist to the traditonal Dracula story. A must see for true King and Horror fans.
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Summary: Incredibly boring and unoriginal, an utter waste of time!
Review: One of the many awful films with Stephen King's name attached to them...do yourself a favor and see 'The Dead Zone' instead. Really deserves a MINUS 3 stars...
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Summary: Delusion
Review: Plenty of expectations, party because of the rating, partly because of King's involvement, then it totally let me down...
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Summary: Worth Checking Out!
Review: Saw movie on tv one night. At first I thought, 'well, this is another vampire movie, with a twist, and a lame movie at that', but it was creepy enough to keep me watching, and then it really took off! I'm a horror film fan, but not a gore fan. In this case, it's worth sitting through for the bloody bite! King's story line is good, the movie is mostly schlock horror, but trust me, if you love horror, you must see this.
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Summary: A terrific vampire movie true to King's unique vision
Review: The Night Flier is easily one of the best film adaptations of a Stephen King piece of fiction. One thing this movie does is prove that a movie can be very enjoyable without any likable characters. The protagonist, Dees, is a successful tabloid reporter who has not produced a front-page story in quite a while. Dees is selfish, chauvinistic, egotistical, and permanently ornery--a complete, all-around jerk. His editor is a younger man who really loves his job, especially when he can put the screws to Dees. The tabloid features stories of alien abduction, grisly deaths, misshapen babies, etc. Both Dees and the editor insult the "hicks" and weirdoes who both supply their stories and purchase their weekly rag. Dees initially turns down the request to do a story on a vampire-like stranger who flies into desolate little airports and kills whomever he finds there, but a subsequent murder convinces him the story is a big one that can get his name and photo back on the front page. To complicate matters, though, a new young reporter whom Dees despises is also assigned the story. The two eventually cross paths in pursuit of the newly-dubbed Night Flier. By that time, Dees is almost convinced that the murderer is actually a vampire. The ultimate and inevitable confrontation takes place in the Wilmington, North Carolina airport. The conclusion of the movie is quite original, perfectly fitting, and eminently satisfying. King's story provides an unusual twist to the often-overdone vampire theme and guarantees the film's great success. I don't know if this story constitutes an attack on the tabloid news business, but clearly every member of the film's Inside View newspaper operates without morals (never mind journalistic integrity) and without any respect for readers. I should note that viewers are treated to a fair amount of blood and gore--while horror fans like myself love to see it, squeamish viewers may have a few rough moments before the closing credits. Overall, this is a high-quality, well-made horror movie that manages to retain the magic of King's original story. Many other horror films may be more familiar to viewers, but few are more satisfying.
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