Tag Archives: Stephen King

SYNOPSIS:  While trying to spice up and ultimately save their marriage with a trip to their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly leaving her handcuffed to the bed frame. REVIEW:  Director: Mike Flanagan Writer: Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard Starring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood If you’ve read Stephen King’s 1992 suspense novel, …

With the release of the new box office-crashing reimagining of the best-selling Stephen King novel IT, we’ve all been pondering a big question. Who wore it better? In 1990, Tim Curry took up the mantle of what has become an iconic character in the world of horror ever since Stephen King’s novel was published in 1986. Tim Curry portrayed Pennywise …

SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. REVIEW: Director: Andy Muschietti. Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Olef. 2017 hasn’t been a banner year for films based on the works of Stephen King, The failure …

(as stated in a 1992 interview): LADY IN A CAGE (1964) Lady in a Cage is a classic film that few people in the modern generations are aware of. It was one of the few actual films directed by Walter Garuman, who spent the vast majority of his career doing television work. The film was not a major hit, but …

Fifty years from now, 2016 will be remembered as a outstanding year for horror films in general. There were some sizable horror hits at the box office this year, and while not all of the bigger hits were especially good films, it’s never a bad thing if the genre you’re particular to has a good year. But I’m not here …

How things have changed. In the forties, for instance, one would find it difficult to name twenty good genre films of the decade but, since the late seventies, Hollywood has learned that their baby-booming audiences could not only handle strong horror and science fiction concepts, they craved them. Filmmakers everywhere went into overdrive. Like television today, there wasn’t a production …

Ask anybody who their favourite horror author is. Which name will most likely be the answer? Stephen King of course, and with good reason. For decades, Stephen King has haunted the dreams and nightmares of teenagers and adults alike, with him becoming one of the most established and famous writers of the genre, with his exceptional works reaching the 54 …

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “Five tales of terror are presented. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father’s Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband’s sinister secret? REVIEW: Director: Peter Askin Writer: Stephen King Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Joan Allen Stephen King. We all know him. He’s given us a litany of great tales like Cujo, Creepshow, etc, etc, etc. When I found that A Good …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A father and daughter are on the run from the government, the duo isn’t in trouble for tax evasion though…you see Andy and Charlie are special. Due to experiments conducted on Andy during his college days he is now a telekinetic, Charlie his daughter is more dangerous however since she is a pyrokinetic. The government wants …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for “justice.”  REVIEW: Directors: David Koepp Writers: David Koepp (screenplay), Stephen King (short story) Starring: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton Secret Window is a wonderful throwback mystery thriller, and writer/director David Koepp’s homage to Hitchcock-ian …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. REVIEW: Taglines: “The town of Castle Rock just made a deal with the Devil… Now it’s time to pay!” “Buy now. Pay later.” Ah, yes, there was a time …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by a merciless spirit, the family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on. REVIEW: Stephen King has gone on record about being addicted to various drugs, especially cocaine and marijuana, during the 80s and 90s. I think one only need look at the movies he was involved with …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teen-age girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her class-mates and her religious, abusive mother. REVIEW: As a Stephen King fan I was excited to see this movie pop up! Carrie is a story that just about …