Are you reading this on your mobile device? When Stephen King wrote [amazon text=Cell&asin=1416524517] in 2006, smart phones didn’t seem quite so present in our lives, and it was still scary. This twist on the zombie genre gives a somewhat plausible quasi-explanation for the apocalypse — plausible enough to be terrifying. At one point, Night of the Living Dead creator George A. Romero was attached to develop this, but things change. It looks like King, co-writing with Adam Alleca, has updated the material a bit, but it’s still about a man trying to get home to his son — who may be part of an unliving hive mind.
Directed by Tod Williams, and starring John Cusack and a subtle-sounding Samuel L. Jackson, this will make a frightening midsummer alternative to superhero movies. July is a good time for a chill… I’m just not sure I would get the tickets through my mobile phone…
