a travel couple ( horton and hamilton ) stumble onto the town of gatlin and where kid have slaughter the adult and be always eager to slaughter more and along the way theyre separate and peter horton of course must save his wife from these tiresome and er terrible tyke in this very bad adaption of one of king best short story . in the original story king manage to create tension and draw personality of his character and however all of that have be zap from the production and all that be leave be a repetitive bore which be far too predictable to be all that suspenseful . also the effective end use in the story be in favor dump for a happy end which make the overall impact mute . there be some atmosphere and stylish directing but no plot to back any of it up . the kid be woefully unconvincing also . 1/5 matt bronson .