I've always been a YUGE noir fan, but that folksy deep-south voodoo stuff in the movie was also another liberty from book which I didn't like. In the book, they never left NYC, no voodoo associations (Santiera), no spooky kid. The book is much more hard boiled detective mystery that slowly turns into a horror novel. Now, I do like the movie, I think it works on a different level and I wish it would have stayed closer to the book.
Bonanza 1 points 1 week ago
I've always been a YUGE noir fan, but that folksy deep-south voodoo stuff in the movie was also another liberty from book which I didn't like. In the book, they never left NYC, no voodoo associations (Santiera), no spooky kid. The book is much more hard boiled detective mystery that slowly turns into a horror novel. Now, I do like the movie, I think it works on a different level and I wish it would have stayed closer to the book.