Tag Archives: Stephen King

SYNOPSIS: “Jack Torrance gets a job as the custodian of the Overlook Hotel, in the mountains of Colorado. The place is closed down during winter, Torrance and his family will be the only occupants of the hotel for a long while. When the snow storms block the Torrance family in the hotel, Jack’s son Danny, who has some clairvoyance and …

SYNOPSIS: “Arnie Cunningham is a typical high school nerd who is picked on, overruled by his parents, and has very few friends. Until he meets Christine, a run-down 1958 Plymouth Fury and buys her. Arnie learns that Christine has a thing for him and devotes his time to restoring her to mint condition. But overtime, Arnie begins to change and …

SYNOPSIS: A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack. REVIEW: In Stephen King’s revenge tale, Big Driver, our hero Tess makes a disparaging comment about the output of cable channel, Lifetime. She relates on what’s happened to her within the story and fears that it will make up the narrative of one of their true story …

SYNOPSIS: The story follows two young boys who go with their single mother (O’Connor) to take care of their elderly, senile grandmother named Mercy, only to discover that she’s a witch who made a pact with a dark force many years before. REVIEW: There seems to be a never ending supply of Stephen King adaptations in the horror genre. Carrie (1976) …

You recall a few months back when I told you about Lifetime Network getting ready to jump aboard the Stephen King bandwagon with an adaptation of ‘Big Driver’ that would air around the haunt season. Well, the haunt season is creeping up on us and as such Lifetime has given us our first look at what to expect via a …

One of the darkest and most disturbing tales in Stephen Kings short story collection ‘Full Dark – No Stars’ is a riveting exercise in the origins of trust and how you never really ever know anyone – even when you’re sure you do. Loved the story and with King penning the screenplay for this adaptation – I think this one …

Good news Stephen King fans! Only a couple more weeks till the return of the big hit from last summer UNDER THE DOME. You can tell the season two premiere is getting close as CBS is starting to rev up the good old PR machine and as such today has brought a nice new “behind the scenes” clip that really …

I have lost count on the number of times I have posted news on a theatrical version of THE STAND gearing up and quite frankly, I’m a little leery to even shot this one your way but it is pretty solid sounding so lets roll with it. Director Josh Boone is king of the hill right now. He’s got himself …

To NEW LINE that’s where. Word came down today that Warner Brother is handing the project off to NEW LINE and from this point forward NEW LINE will be the genre division for the major studio. Cary Fukunaga is still attached to direct. He’s made quite the name for himself with the huge success of TRUE DETECTIVE from HBO earlier …

The surprise summer hit of 2013 ‘UNDER THE DOME’ is fast approaching their season two debut so that mean the PR machine is gearing up. With that in mind I give you a couple new stills from the the season premiere. Turns out Stephen King himself will be having himself a cameo. Check the pics below:

Hot on the heels of OCULUS director Mike FLANAGAN is keeping the ball rolling as it was announced that he will take the helm of the film adaption of Stephen King’s GERALD’S GAME. It’s been a while since I have read GERALD’S GAME and all I can recall off the top of my head is that it has something to …

Well here’s some interesting and unexpected news. TNT is spearheading a new show that will bring back the world of the Stephen King novel FIRESTARTER. Here’ what TNT has to say about the show: Based on characters created by Stephen King, this supernatural thriller centers on The Shop, a mysterious organization that once exploited the pyrokinetic abilities of a young …

Been a few months since anyone’s talked about the reamke of IT. Last news we heard was that TRUE DETECTIVES director Cary Fukunaga had been tapped to helm this time around and now with season one of that show come and gone, and seeing the work he managed on that truly outstanding show, I’m more than a little stoked to …

I didn’t even bother posting any news yesterday because there was so much shenanigans going on it was impossible to get a word in edgewise. By far though the best joke of the day got put together by the master of horror himself, Stephen King. His official site announced a project that any true King fan would kill to have …

Just a few days ago I told you about the new Stephen King novel heading our way next summer. Titled Mr. Mercedes it will tell the following tale: n a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the …