A story about childhood and kids. About friendship and love. In this respect, this movie harks back to a better tradition. Before the blood and gore video games of today.

Strong performances by the adults. Amazing performances by the kids.

On the negative side, plot is an amalgamation of Carrie, Firestarter and bump-in-the-night.

Runs out of suspense about half way when it turns into an action movie. The ending felt a little unsatisfactory.

Less melodrama and more perspective, please.

Still, the actors carry the series most of the way. Hope that the second season has enough gas left in the tank.