Review of Bag of Bones

Those familiar with Stephen King's other stories will experience some deja vu with this one, since it contains some common Kingian story elements: the down east locale, a remote country house, a troubled writer, the appearance of some weird writing, et cetera. Pierce Brosnan plays a novelist who, struggling with the loss of his beloved wife, moves to an old family property to get some work done. He soon gets caught up in some problems and mysteries, i.e. A custody battle between a creepy old rich man and his beautiful daughter-in-law, and the fact that his house is haunted, perhaps by a popular blues singer from the 1930s. This has some cool effects and creepy moments, but it does not really get under the skin the way "The Shining" does.