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Tag Archives: Stephen King
Indulging in three higher profile titles
Naturally I’m going to check out better-known titles in between all the awesome indie trash I watch, so it was time to catch up on a few newbies. They all had their moments, but only one was a winner for … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, ghosts, horror anthologies, possession, Stephen King, supernatural, Talk To Me, The Boogeyman, VHS 1985
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 6
Sometimes I come back to bring my series of Stephen King posts to a close, and this is one of those sometimes, so let’s get right into three from the 2000s. HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (2001) Hearts in Atlantis combines King’s … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dolan's Cadillac, Firestarter 2: Rekindled, gay horror, Hearts in Atlantis, Stephen King
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 5
Actually, I’m digging into Stephen King adaptations for television this time around, including two miniseries and a short-lived anthology series. ROSE RED (2002) Legend has it that Stephen King wanted to team up with Steven Spielberg to create the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bag of Bones, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Rose Red, Stephen King
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 4
Sometimes I ask myself why I keep coming back for more Stephen King movies not from the 1980s. I’m just a sucker for Stephen, and there’s at least little enjoyment to be had with these three, so let’s find out … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1922, Big Driver, demons, Desperation, possession, rape revenge, Stephen King, supernatural
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 3
Sometimes I come back for post-80s Stephen King movies again. Let’s get right into another three. MERCY (2014) Not that M. Night’s The Visit or this film were the first horror flicks about scary grandmothers, but it’s kind of surprising … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolores Claiborne, Gerald's Game, Mercy, Stephen King
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 2
Sometimes I come back for another installment of post-80s Stephen King movie adaptations. And this trio has some high profile male actors. SECRET WINDOW (2004) Secret Window is based on a novella from Four Past Midnight and almost feels like … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1408, Cell, ghosts, infected, Secret Window, Stephen King, supernatural, Zombies
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 1
Although post-80s Stephen King novels and movie adaptations failed to mesmerize me like the material being released when he was at the top of his game, I’ve decided to go back and check out a bunch of the adaptations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Apt Pupil, Dreamcatcher, Needful Things, Stephen King
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Stephen King in the 90s—movies and miniseries part 2
One more time into the world of Stephen King at the end of the 20th century with two more movies and two more miniseries. THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992) The original King short story was just plain weird—all I remember is … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, Stephen King, Storm of the Century, The Lawnmower Man, The Shining
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Stephen King in the 90s—movies and miniseries part 1
I rarely cover movies by Stephen King because they’re predominantly mainstream horror hits, but considering most of his good adaptations hit in the 1980s, I figured I’d take on a bunch of stuff from the 90s in a 2-part blog, … Continue reading
Stephen King’s killing machine and a giant rat creature
I was a huge Stephen King reader in my early teens, which coincided with his rise to mass popularity and numerous movie adaptations within a matter of years. Of course once the movie studios had tapped some of his best … Continue reading