The movie "a kiss before dying" couldn't even begin to do the book justice and had no magnatism to it whatsoever. Most people who read the book will probably concede it was better and if you haven't seen this movie and are thinking of it-don't read the book before hand or you will be sorely disappointed. Read it afterward and see what a mess they made of the movie.
The acting here was not convincing(no offence to Matt Dillion) but how much better would this have been if Ed Norton played the psycho? The book was pretty darn scary, the movie is your typical horror-and a bad one at that.
Maybe I was spoiled by the book, but even had there not been an original book this movie just didn't have anything to it to make it stand out and with the ADDED bonus of there having been a book in the first place it only succeeds in detracting from the movie's allure. Not the worst thriller ever made but far from the best.
The acting here was not convincing(no offence to Matt Dillion) but how much better would this have been if Ed Norton played the psycho? The book was pretty darn scary, the movie is your typical horror-and a bad one at that.
Maybe I was spoiled by the book, but even had there not been an original book this movie just didn't have anything to it to make it stand out and with the ADDED bonus of there having been a book in the first place it only succeeds in detracting from the movie's allure. Not the worst thriller ever made but far from the best.