Much More Accurate Adaptation But Missing The Horror

As far as woke goes there is the unnecessary change to make the Matt Burke character a black gay man. Why? It's not in the book and is pointless. His race is never an issue in the movie and the actor was well known at the time so that's not as big an issue as making him gay. However the Burke character is supposed to have been the 8th grade teacher for the Mears character. Both actors are the same age so it makes no sense and also makes the casting choice questionable. This version is much more accurate to the book than the 1979 version. The problem with this one is some bad CG and the weird decision
to remove all the 'horror' scenes. This version is almost bloodless and virtually every effective scene of horror from the book gets cut completely or the scenes ends right when it should start. There's almost no vampire scenes either, everything happens offscreen. It's all buildup with almost no payoff. Such a shame as this could of been a great adaptation.