my daughter bring home the dvd of this mess the other night for a school assignment . she ask if i could watch with her to help with the assignment . what start out with so much promise ( donald sutherland ) just blather away into a jane austinique exercise in excess . other than sutherland and hurt and the cast be kind of weak and the adaptation of what be suppose to be a classic horror novel be make to look more like a spoof of mel brook young frankenstein . hey it a spoof of a spoof . while i do understand that first it a hallmark ( a in greet card ) production and so right there schmaltz and rubbish and that it be also a mini series and it seem a though the producer be look only to fill time and in a feature package . ( dvd ) meant for one complete viewing . it come across so god awfully long and boring . almost as draining a watch a pirate of the caribbean episode . i start cheer for the monster to kill off everyone so that the stupid film would end already . if you have insomnia and and need some help sleep please watch this . if and however and you have good thing to do with your 3 some hour and skip this . blechh .