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Remembering Carrie, the best Stephen King adaptation

August 10, 2017 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan on Carrie… The camera glides through the girls’ locker room. The girls are in various states of undress; steam from the shower creates a dreamlike quality, shrouding the scene, fogging up the lens. The camera pushes in on Carrie (Sissy Spacek) as she rubs herself with soap. It focuses on various parts of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Brian De Palma, Carrie, Sissy Spacek, Stephen King

Misery at 30: Why the story of an obsessive superfan is even more potent three decades on

November 29, 2020 by George Nash

With Rob Reiner’s thriller celebrating its 30th anniversary, George Nash looks at the alarming relevance of Misery in the modern era… Movies, and perhaps most patently horror movies, are like mirrors. For well over a century, in the familiar setting of the living room or dark sanctuary of the multiplex, in the perceived safety of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Nash, Movies Tagged With: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Misery, Rob Reiner, Stephen King

Stephen King’s The Stand TV series gets a new poster

November 28, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Following last week’s trailer for The Stand, CBS All Access has shared a new poster for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation which sees Mother Abagail and members of the Boulder Free Zone face off against the supernatural villain Randall Flagg; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Ezra Miller is playing Trashcan Man in Stephen King […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television Tagged With: CBS All Access, Stephen King, The Stand

Ezra Miller is playing Trashcan Man in Stephen King adaptation The Stand

November 21, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Less than a month out from its premiere on CBS All Access, Entertainment Weekly has revealed some surprise casting news for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Stand with the news that Justice League and Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller is portraying the pyromaniac Trashcan Man. Here’s the first image of Miller in character: “It’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Ezra Miller, Stephen King, The Stand

Lynne Ramsay to direct adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

November 17, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Earlier this year, it was announced that Christy Hall, co-creator and executive producer of the recent Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This, is adapting Stephen King‘s 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon into a feature film, and now, we’ve learned who will be helming the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lynne Ramsay, […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Lynne Ramsay, Stephen King, the girl who loved tom gordon

New trailer for Stephen King’s The Stand pits The Prophet against The Dark Man

November 16, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

With just a month to go until The Stand premieres on CBS All Access, a new promo has arrived online for the upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic which focuses on the figurehead of the Boulder Free Zone Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and the sinister Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard); watch it here… SEE […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: CBS All Access, Stephen King, The Stand

HBO cancels Stephen King’s The Outsider, series is being shopped elsewhere

November 11, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Despite initially being confirmed to return for a second season by author Stephen King, HBO has now decided to cancel The Outsider after a single season, but it may not be the end of the show. According to Deadline, despite HBO deciding not to proceed with a follow-up season, MRC, the studio behind the drama […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, News, Television Tagged With: HBO, Stephen King, The Outsider

Movie Review – Cell (2016)

July 5, 2016 by Tai Freligh

Cell, 2016. Directed by Tod Williams. Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Owen Teague. SYNOPSIS: When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tai Freligh Tagged With: Cell, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen King, Tod Williams

Hulu has cancelled Castle Rock after two seasons

November 4, 2020 by Liam Waddington

After two seasons, Hulu has cancelled psychological horror anthology series Castle Rock, a series that is based on the works of Stephen King including lore, characters, and locations. According to Deadline, “there were no expectations for a third instalment, and the decision to end the series after two seasons was made awhile ago. Once one of […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, News, Television Tagged With: Castle Rock, Hulu, Stephen King

New Children of the Corn movie gets a poster and first-look images

October 31, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Having been one of the only productions to shoot during the recent lockdown, writer-director Kurt Wimmer’s Children of the Corn – a prequel to the 1984 Stephen King adaptation and the twelth instalment in the long-running horror movie franchise – has quietly crept into a handful of cinemas in North America with very little fanfare […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: children of the corn, Stephen King

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