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4.5
I, unlike others, actually watched the tv movie first; however, watched it many years later though. After watching this movie, i became obsessed with this house, Ellen and the whole plot. i reached everything i could find on it. nothing of course had any confirmational ends to the strings that the plot kept me on. though i still went forward, deeper researching this haunted house, including looking up newspaper articles in the Seattle Times, and the moment that i realized it was a complete work of fiction, was an editorial from the mayor of seattle stating that he honestly wished that Stephen King had chosen another city to base his story on. the after math, according to the mayor, was hundreds of people, searching the city for this house and condo site where the film took place. with there people haunting the streets of seattle, it caused issues with traffic, shopping and other such nasties. the mayor also stated that he would make sure that Stephen King would never again be allowed to base a movie in his city.i loved this movie; however, when i purchased the actual book, it was my freshman year of college and i read it in between classes. it completely engolfed me, sucked me into the plot. the person(s) who wrote this, was and expert in creating such a engolfing plot. it was a good read nonetheless.i now own the dvd, the mass-released (black and red cover) book, and the original (tan cover hardcover) book.Kudos to the person(s) who did this.
