Phantoms (1998)

Phantoms is based on a novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and watching it I couldn't help but think that this same basic story would have been better if Stephen King had wrote it (not that King is without his bombs, see, or rather don't see, Graveyard Shift, The Dark Tower). An ancient evil wipes out a small Colorado town leaving only a small handful of survivors, and leaving them for a reason, but what? Weinstein produced film plays like something made for TV. The film features Ben Affleck on the verge of his stardom, Rose McGowan, Live Schreiber, and somewhat bafflingly Peter O'Toole. It's pretty bad, but still watchable once. *1/2