Oh, there was a definite ending. It just didn't cater to most people's idea of what a 'good' ending is (IE: Everything Works Out In The End, or Oh Hey, Let's Try and Set Up A Clever Scare and a Possible Sequel Hook. Both of which are getting some pretty heavy and unecessary use in the horror genre lately, especially the second one. Even Scream had the sense to make each movie self contained, and that was intnetionally planned as a trilogy.).
The more recent crop is better than the 80's and 70's. Granted, most people agree that Nicholson's 'Here's Johnny!!!' was downright creepy and some good acting, but I didn't really like any of the movies based on King's books until the late 90's. The Stand, Dreamcatcher, The Mist I think are all tons better than the older fair.
But then, in all those cases, someone else wrote the screenplay and concentrated on telling a good story as opposed to trying to carbon-copy the books, so it's a bit easier to enjoy them, at least on their own merits.
(Although Dreamcatcher has some pretty shaky moments, and I'm not too thrilled that they found it necessary to turn Dudditts into an alien for the final showdown. Up 'til then, I liked the movie quite a bit.)
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The more recent crop is better than the 80's and 70's. Granted, most people agree that Nicholson's 'Here's Johnny!!!' was downright creepy and some good acting, but I didn't really like any of the movies based on King's books until the late 90's. The Stand, Dreamcatcher, The Mist I think are all tons better than the older fair.
But then, in all those cases, someone else wrote the screenplay and concentrated on telling a good story as opposed to trying to carbon-copy the books, so it's a bit easier to enjoy them, at least on their own merits.
(Although Dreamcatcher has some pretty shaky moments, and I'm not too thrilled that they found it necessary to turn Dudditts into an alien for the final showdown. Up 'til then, I liked the movie quite a bit.)