I've heard of this movie often, but never saw it. It wasn't released in too many countries, and not at all here in the Netherlands. I also have never seen it on tv, nor is it on dvd here. For a Disney movie it's pretty obscure.
In Germany it premiered on tv and in Japan on video, but it was made for the theatre, right?
Did it open big like most Disney movies in the US and UK, or more limited too? It doesn't have a lot of votes on IMDb.
The trailer looks great, I always love Jonathan Pryce (he is the master of the 'angry stare', especially in his later films and series). It's not on Youtube, so chances are small I'll ever see it.
SK wrote a rejected screenplay for it.
It did indeed have a theatrical release. I have the poster (I collect horror posters). Not a lot of fanfare about it's release. It was kind of dark for a Disney film. There was an overall uplifting message but maybe they were skittish and did not put a lot of money into it. I wish I could see the King script. I wonder how it would have played. I do love this version though as it seems to capture the spirit of the book and I don't give a damn about IMDB. They had the latest Mad Max as the best horror for chrissakes.
I watched Lemora and it is so 70's and that's not a bad thing. It works for horror. The blue lighting works great for night and southern gothic quite well. Good thing, nearly the whole movie is night. I kept expecting morning to come at some point and it never did. The ending was forgone but interesting to see play out. The woods creatures reminded me of those in Omega Man. I'm enjoying seeing these old ones I missed more so than anything new which comes out. There is something lost in today's horror that is hard to define. Today's films are more sophisticated in the making but less in the atmosphere and understanding of what makes suspense somehow.