The Dead Zone
Sign in to save1983 film by David Cronenberg
Film · TMDB
7.0Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Released: 1983-10-21103 minDir: David CronenbergThriller, Horror, Science Fiction
Cast
- Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith
- Brooke Adams as Sarah Bracknell
- Tom Skerritt as Sheriff Bannerman
- Herbert Lom as Dr. Sam Weizak
- Anthony Zerbe as Roger Stuart
- Colleen Dewhurst as Henrietta Dodd
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.2/10
83,095 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
69/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key dates
- Published
- 21 October 1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- supernatural film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Dead Zone
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Screenwriter
- David Cronenberg
- Cast member
- Helene Udy
- Composer
- Michael Kamen
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
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Categories
1980s psychological thriller films1983 American films1983 English-language films1983 films1983 horror films1983 independent films1983 science fiction filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican political thriller filmsAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican supernatural thriller filmsEnglish-language horror films