@ coldblood. Well, "The Road" isn't necessarily a horror novel--it's so much more. It is powerful, provocative, disturbing, and incredibly dark, but like "The Silence of the Lambs" or "Rosemary's Baby" or "Se7en" there's much more to it than the horror elements. It is very much a human drama, maybe even more so than a horror experience. It is these elements that make it as powerful and epic as it is. As far as the film being any good, check out Hillcoat's "The Proposition". Once you do, any lack of faith you have in this film will be diminished--it's a great, albeit violent, film with great performances by Guy Pierce and the rest of the cast. Plus, Viggo and Theron have had their share of violent and dark films in their resume-- Viggo has "A History of Violence" and "Eastern Promises (they don't get darker than that) and Theron has "Monster". I seriously can't wait.