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Yes, 2017 was the year of Stephen King and oh boy, was it a successful one! King’s stories were brought to life and all made quite a ruckus in the horror community. Whether you loved them or not, each project had memorable characters that stood out and made the watch …

Directed by Lewis Teague (who went on to direct Cat’s Eye) and originally written by Stephen King, Cujo (read our interview with Dee Wallace – here) is most impressive for its realism. Rather than being cursed by magic or something inexplicable, a St. Bernard named Cujo contracts rabies after getting bit …

I have always had a desire to be a writer. Even at a young age, I was an avid reader and I wanted to be an author. One of my favorite things in elementary school was when we used to spend a month writing our own book, which would then …

It’s no secret that Stephen King’s It was one of the biggest movies of 2017. I really enjoyed the film, and after watching I decided to go back and give the book a reread. Some background here – I read the book when I was fifteen years old. This review won’t …

Stephen King’s 1922 is the latest of his adaptations to be tackled by Netflix. I had to sit with this one for a while before starting with this review. On one hand, 1922 is a slow burn that almost seems as if it comes to a halt at parts. On …

It is the year of the King and it just keeps getting better! Directed by Mike Flanagan with a screenplay by Jeff Howard, Gerald’s Game is the latest adaptation of one of Stephen King’s novels. Gerald, played by Bruce Greenwood, takes his wife, Jessie (Carla Gugino), to a secluded cabin so …

It’s the scariest moment in the movie, and you make a joke. The audience relaxes and the monster waits for another opportunity to strike, scare, and wreak havoc. This is what it means to be Richie Tozier, a member of the Loser’s Club from Stephen King’s novel IT. In the …

Maybe this is splitting hairs on terms and phrases. I keep seeing people posting things like, “Well, the new It was better/worse than the original.” Let’s not forget the outright internet rage when it was announced they’d be “remaking” It for the big screen. Here’s the thing. The film is …

It’s 2017, the Year of the King. Stephen King, that is. Everywhere you look, there’s a new Stephen King movie, TV show, reboot, or Netflix series, and they just seem to keep coming and coming. So what’s a horror fan to do? Get trapped inside one of the Master of …

For the past year, everyone in the horror community has been talking about IT. Many were skeptical at first… who on earth could be a better Pennywise than Tim Curry? Certainly not the androgynous Bill Skarsgård! But over these twelve months, pictures of the Hemlock Grove actor dressed in a …