5 ▁stars , ▁comm ending ▁the ▁film ' s ▁original ity , ▁but ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ' s ▁obvious ▁budget ary ▁constraints , ▁poor ▁effects , ▁and ▁" l ud ic r ous ▁mon ster ▁movie ▁den ou ement ". ▁TV ▁Guide ▁awarded ▁the ▁film ▁ 1 / 5 ▁stars , ▁calling ▁it ▁" l ame " ▁and ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ' s ▁" gr at uit ous ▁visual ▁style ". R ol ling ▁Stone ▁ranked ▁the ▁film ▁at ▁# 7 ▁in ▁their ▁list ▁of ▁" Top ▁ 3 0 ▁Stephen ▁King ▁Mov ies ", ▁calling ▁it ▁" a ▁lean , ▁brut ally ▁t ense ▁slash er ▁film ". ▁▁ ▁Television ▁re make ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁confirmed ▁that ▁Donald ▁P . ▁Bor ch ers ▁would ▁begin ▁writing ▁and ▁direct ing ▁a ▁TV ▁re make ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁film , ▁which ▁would ▁premi ere ▁on ▁the ▁Sy f y ▁channel . ▁Production ▁began ▁in ▁August , ▁film ing ▁in ▁D aven port , ▁Iowa ; ▁however , ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Lost ▁Nation , ▁Iowa . ▁ ▁The ▁cast ▁included ▁David ▁Anders , ▁K andy se ▁Mc Cl ure , ▁Pr eston ▁Ba iley , ▁Daniel ▁New man ▁and ▁Alex a ▁Nik olas . ▁The ▁movie ▁a ired ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁the ▁DVD ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁October ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁by ▁An chor ▁Bay . ▁The ▁television