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Stephen King's Thinner

Olive Films / Year: 1996

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From the liner notes

Based on the best-seller, Stephen King's Thinner stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna in a story of supernatural terror and countdown to the ultimate payback. A 109-year old gypsy (Michael Constantine), hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option. Directed by Tom Holland.

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3 Reasons To buy this film

Another Stephen King brought to Blu-ray!
Featuring Joe Mantegna aka the scariest man of the late 90s, aka Fat Tony
Teaches a valuable lesson... don't be a piggie!

Review

A selfish lawyer accidentally but recklessly runs down the daughter of an ancient gypsy mystic and becomes the object of a sinister curse in this adaptation of a Stephen King story written under his "Richard Bachman" pseudonym. Extremely overweight, the lawyer (Burke) suddenly finds himself losing fat at an alarming rate. Pleased at first, he realizes the horror of his situation when he cannot stop or even slow down his wasting away. He must confront the old gypsy and persuade him to lift the curse. One could overanalyze this scenario, with its moral implications and parallels to drug abuse or AIDS, but it's really just a basic horror film. Competently acted and produced, it's satisfying while it lasts but leaves no lasting impression.