i couldn not agree more . the book be one of dean koontz best novel and this film be a total travesty . i watch about half of it then throw the tape in the bin in disgust . i have no idea what the idiotic director be think make this piece of crap but i would rather poke my eye out with a sharp stick than watch this useless movie again . everything about this film be just wrong . first the main character be change from an ex marine to a high school kid . why . second the love of his life in the book become his mother in the movie . hem i bet freud would have something to say about that . lol . the dog be cute enough and the best thing in the movie and completely outcast everyone else . also a main character who help them in the book betray them in the movie . there really be nothing good to say about the film except that at least it relatively short at an hour and a half or so . if anyone hasn not see the film yet do yourselves a favour . read the book . it be so much good than this worthless waste of time .