7/7/2023 0 Comments Intensity film dean koontz![]() ![]() ![]() And just as Gerald's Game reinvigorated King's career and writing, this masterful, if ultimately predictable, exercise in high tension should do the same for Koontz's. Koontz even makes the centerpiece of Chyna Shepherd's battle against a serial killer her attempt to free herself from the restraints that bind her to a piece of furniture-the very same challenge faced by King's heroine. Keeping step, this uncommonly sleek work is nothing less than Koontz's Gerald's Game: a distillation of what's come before and a slick play to regain the top by a writer whose popularity seemed to have peaked. ![]() Koontz's career has mirrored Stephen King's to a remarkable degree-the early pseudonymous novels, the bloated blockbusters, the increased use of horror as social commentary-albeit at a lag. ![]()
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