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Director -
Tod Williams -
Producer -
Richard Saperstein , Michael Benaroya , Brian Witten , Shara Kay -
Screenwriter -
Stephen King , Adam Alleca -
Distributor -
Saban Films -
Production Co -
Benaroya Pictures , Genre Company -
Rating -
R (Disturbing Violent Content|Brief Sexuality|Language|Terror) -
Genre -
Horror , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 8, 2016, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 29, 2016 -
Runtime -
1h 38m
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