As it gets less relatable, it gets less interesting, but there’s still Wilson’s performance and Natali’s craftsmanship to keep us engaged, stuck in the grass, praying for a way out. 

It's always fun to see Patrick Wilson act insidious, but Vincenzo Natali's Netflix horror movie is about as scary as astroturf.

Several strangers become trapped in a vast field of grass with supernatural properties in 'In the Tall Grass,' Vincenzo Natali's film version of the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill.

Based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill, when siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass,

Vincenzo Natali’s film divests itself of stakes in the name of total meaninglessness.

Vincenzo Natali (Splice, Cube) keeps things simple and foreboding in this adaptation of King and Joe Hill’s short story about an evil field of grass. If you need a Halloween movie to stream, this is one of the best new horror movies.

To stretch the novella’s idea of eye-high rural isolation to feature length, there has to be more to care about than the menacing shade of green blades

Stephen King adaptation stumbles around aimlessly on Netflix

The creeping terror of Stephen King and Joe Hill's novella "In the Tall Grass" wears thin in a Netflix adaptation.

Think of the simpler than simple terrors of "The Mist," "Christine" (demonic car), "Cujo" (demonic dog), "Pet Sematary," Firestarter." Stephen King never had to get too fancy or complicated to find his horror hooks, and set those hooks in us. The novella "In the Tall Grass" takes us back to the general "Children of the…