MGM/UA
Directed by Lewis Teague
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros)
Horror anthology based on three Stephen King stories. In the first, James Woods hires a company to help him quit smoking. Their extreme measures including torturing his wife, or worse, if he lights up again. In the second story, a tennis pro is kidnapped by the jealous husband of his girlfriend. The man, a wealthy mobster and casino owner, strikes a bargain with him: if he can walk around the narrow ledge of his penthouse apartment he will grant his wife a divorce. Much to his surprise, and constant distractions, the man makes it around, but there is a cruel twist waiting at the end. In the third story, a "troll" is tormenting poor little Drew Barrymore in her bedroom. Her parents don't believe her, until the troll almost kills her and her pet cat in an epic battle. Juvenile, comic-book level King, not even good for a few laughs. Littered with obvious references to/promotion of other King works.
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