1922 (2017)

Well... that's one way to settle a divorce.

1922 is one of the better Stephen King adaptations. Not only that, but it also works as a blueprint for a cinematic tour-de-force that should have been. Filled with the appropriate amount of tension and horror you'd expect, but guilty of unfortunate dry spells and even hokey, unnecessarily graphic scares towards the end. It's lack of perfection is evident, but so is it's sections of brilliance. Thomas Jane gives an absolutely stirring unsung performance of 2017. Throughly engrossing is he as Wilfred. It's almost maddening how well he does here in a relatively unknown Netflix film. In terms of story structure, it flows easily and doesn't overstay it's welcome as it clocks in well under two hours. The cinematography is beautiful. The corn fields shine in vivid green and yellow. Add it to the queue and give it a try.