Horror History: THE LAWNMOWER MAN Was Released on This Day in 1992
THE LAWNMOWER MAN was released on this day back in 1992! By Josh Millican
The Lawnmower Man, released on this day in 1992, is based on a short story by Stephen King–or at least that’s what New Line Cinema would have you believe. While King indeed penned a short story called “The Lawnmower Man”, the movie is connected in name alone. Still, New Line purposely mislead moviegoers, marketing the movie as
Stephen King’s Lawnmower Man.
Synopsis:
The eccentric Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) puts mentally disabled landscaper Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey) on a regimen of experimental pills and computer-simulated training sequences in hopes of augmenting the man’s intelligence. In time Jobe becomes noticeably brighter and also begins to fare much better with the opposite sex. But, as he develops psychic powers, he realizes that those around him h