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Old 06-16-2022, 09:27 PM   #6
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I already replied in the horror thread. Intensity is the best Koontz novel I've read. But for me, it's like picking my favorite Friday the 13th sequel: none of them are very good.
He does have his ... quirks.

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Koontz' writing irritates me, even when his storylines are interesting. I enjoyed the filmed versions of Phantoms, Intensity and Odd Thomas.
I feel as if people like the (original) Phantoms adaptation more now, after a few years have passed. I remember the Watchers adaptation being dreadful because they changed the main character into a teenage boy, used the heroine's name for his mother, and changed one of the heroes into a villain.

There was an adaptation of Servants of Twilight that was sort of betterish than the other Koontz adaptations because Grace Zabriskie gave a great performance as the antagonist. But the budget was very low, so that held it back.

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Oh! The Face of Fear was turned into a TV movie. It was not a very good one. But if interested, it is available on YouTube.
I hadn't heard of that one...

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I read Dean Koontz in the late '60s when he was writing science fiction. The last thing of his I read was Dark Rivers of the Heart.
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I love that title. I think I had the hardback once, but it snuck out of the house one night... So I never read it.
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