The Dead Zone (1983)

Johnny does a good deed and is punished for it. He goes to sleep.
His woman is a whore and does what women and whores do.
Johnny wakes and life is screwed up. He does another good deed...
It takes a great director to make a great film from a Stephen King book; Dead Zone is certainly one of the better ones. It has Christopher Walken on fine form. It's directed by David Cronenberg. It's a classic, imo.

4 lines of Poe out of 5