The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone is a 1983 American horror thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by David Cronenberg, the film stars Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Tom Skerritt. The plot revolves around a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith (Walken), who awakens from a coma to find he has psychic powers. In the town of Castle Rock, Maine, Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken), a young New England schoolteacher, is in love with his coll... More

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  • Oct 21, 1983

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 43 min

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Also known as:

  • The Dead Zone,
  • Stephen Kings Dead Zone

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Directed by

David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and...

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1983
  • Sep 19, 2000
  • Oct 21, 1983
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  • 1 h 43 min

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  • 10,000,000

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The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone is a horror novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It concerns Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters a coma for nearly five years. When he emerges, he can see horrifying secrets but cannot identify all the details in his "dead zone", an area of his brain that...

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,404
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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