i saw this last week after pick up the dvd cheap . i have want to see it for age and find the plot outline very intriguing . so my disappointment be great and to say the least . i think the lead actor be very flat . this kind of part require a performance like johny depp in the ninth gate ( of which this be almost a complete rip off ) and but i guess tv budget do not always stretch to this kind of act ability . i also the thought the direction be confuse and dull and serve only to remind me that carpenter hasn not do a decent movie since in the mouth of madness . a for the story well and i be disappoint there as well . there be no way it could meet my expectation i guess and but i think the payoff and explanation be poor and and the way he finally get the film anti climactic to say the least . this be write by one of the main contributor to aicn and and you can tell he do love his cinema and but i would have like a good result from such a good initial premise . i take the dvd back to the store the same day .