It is unfortunate that Hollywood cannnot do a writer justice, they usually change the script so repetively that the author's true genius is lost. If Midnight or Lightning had been made into movies Hollywood would have botch them.This movie comes dangerously close to it. Thank God it is only fictional or they would have totally castrated it, as they did with Black Hawk Down and We were soldiers once and young. With the exception of Pixar Studios and a few select films Hollywood castrates everthing they touch. My advice read the books, and carefully choose your movies. I mean how many times have you said aloud, whether you have cable or satelite there is nothing on worth watching. My god look at horrible the news is done, no more true hardball reporting, just reporting for couch potatoes to damn lazy to read the news and get an in depth report.

Okay, I thought Jarrett Lennon (who portrayed "Joey") was extraordinarily REAL and natural. Wish he'd get more acting jobs! I hated that the ending wasn't true to the book's ending... but it wasn't bad. I greatly appreciated Grace Zabriskie's contribution to this movie. The special effects were also surprisingly good.

I've read the book, as well as seen the movie, and I don't think they did too bad a job with it. The only thing that leaves me curious is the fact that the movie came to the conclusion that Joey was the Antichrist after all. The book was far more ambiguous about it, and left it totally up in the air as to whether Joey was who the church loonies claimed him to be, or whether he was, in fact, a child of light.
Still, not too bad an effort at all.

A lot of the movies coming out claiming to be based on or adapted from a book. They just take the general premise and go off into left field.

This movie adheres to the book with far more loyalty than Jurassik Park, Interview with a Vampire, and Starship Troopers do combined. If you liked the book, you'll like the movie.

There is one major difference right at the end, but you'll have to watch the movie and judge it for yourself.

I read Dean Koontz's eerie chiller, "Twilight," and liked it very much. When I came across the movie on VHS, I felt it adhered quite well to the book and was not at all bad. The plot is in the vein of a familiar genre... a group of religious fanatics, led by a charismatic, and seemingly crazed, woman who claims that God has spoken to her and identiifed a small boy as evil incarnate. When the cultists begin stalking the child, his mother enlists the help of a Private Investigator to protect her son, and a rather suspenseful chase ensues as mother and P.I. try to save the boy. If you liked "The Omen" and its sequels, you will probably enjoy this film. If "The Omen" was Grade A, I think "Servants of Twilight" rates a B or B+. Young Jarret Lennon does a fine job portraying an innocent child, and the mother shows strength in her determined efforts to protect her son. The film is not Oscar material, but films in this genre are not expected to be. As a thriller, it's fine and does not have the aura of a grade C, low budget, poorly acted, amateurish film that you might expect from the preceding very negative reviews. The only glaring error is that the story's time line may be confusing to some viewers, for it is not made very clear from the outset that the private eye is telling the tale to a psychiatrist in the form of a series of flashbacks. Dean Koontz's book is better than the film, but this movie managed to keep almost all of the surprising plot twists and turns that made the novel such a strong piece of fiction. If you like movies about 'The Final Days' and Antichrist themes, give it a chance. See the DVD and decide for yourself.