Review 1:
"...An accomplished psychological thriller....[Cronenberg] gets some appealing performances....Walken links each episode together quite well, accurately conveying the character's growing mental, physical and emotional anguish..."
Source: Variety
10/12/1983
Review 2:
"...With its small-town milieu, lots of snow and supernatural mayhem, THE DEAD ZONE is one of the better Stephen King movie adaptations..."
Source: USA Today
p.11E 09/29/2000
Review 3:
"...Cronenberg's most accomplished film so far, created with flair, fluency and welcome understatement..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.150 03/01/1984
Review 4:
"...A sad, sympathetic and unsettling movie, quietly forceful....Cronenberg's direction is vivid and effective..."
Source: New York Times
p.C8 10/21/1983
Review 5:
"...[A] quietly effective Stephen King thriller..."
Source: Total Film
p.118 11/01/2000