i love joe r. lansdale(the author of the short story this is based on), this has always been one of my fave short stories by him. in any case, i'm just thrilled to see his stories made into films, gotta be good money in it for him, & it makes happy to know he didn't have to spend any of his precious writing abilities on making the extra cash.
i've directed this story in my head hundreds of times, and think the actual director of this did a good job. hate the extra 15 minutes of "it's made for tv, so we have to put BS in it to entertain the idiotic masses" love stroy. i did like the ending, close to something the author would have done, other than killing the old man, & the rape scene. joe would more likely have her kill her husband (or drive the drillbit through his eyes while he was still living) just because he was a dick in general.