CELL (2006) By Stephen King Simon & Schuster Publishing Our story follows a New England artist, Clayton Riddell and his journey to find his family after an ominous broadcast signal has infected cell phone users turning them into ravenous, carnivorous animals. The master of terror telling, Stephen King is often criticized by horror fans in recent years for having lack …
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Film Review: Cujo (1983)
SYNOPSIS: A friendly St. Bernard named “Cujo” contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a mother and her asthmatic son. REVIEW: There was a time when it seemed like everything Stephen King put to paper was turned into either a television mini series or a feature film, and I mean everything. “Cujo” was one of his earlier successes, …
Read More »Happy Birthday Carrie and Stephen King: Official Movie – Carrie, Facebook Page Launch
The new movie Carrie, starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore, will be releasing in theaters in 2013. And to celebrate Stephen King (and Carrie’s) birthday, Sony is launching the official movie Facebook today! www.WhatHappenedToCarrie.com www.facebook.com/CarrieMovie
Read More »Film Review: The Running Man (1987)
SYNOPSIS: A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show. REVIEW: Arnold Schwarzenegger was just on the cusp of superstardom when this film about a dystopian future in which enemies of the state are forced to participate in a televised game show where they are mercilessly hunted down by a group of …
Read More »CARRIE gets its CARRIE
As the remake train rolls on and on it should come as no surprise that any film could get the treatment at any time and no film is safe. It seems that our beloved horror genre gets way more then its fair share of the remake pie though. As the remake train rolls on and on it should come as …
Read More »Anthology Television Series Shows – A Study of TV’s Best – Part 2
Rate This MovieContinuing on with our essay, we present – Anthology Television Series Shows – A Study of TV’s Best – Part 2. If you missed the first part you can access Anthology Television Series Shows – A Study of TV’s Best – Part 1 directly here. DARKROOM aired from 1981 to 1982, each hour-long episode featuring two or more stories of …
Read More »Film Review: Children Of The Corn (1984)
SYNOPSIS: A child preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple have a murder to report and they go to the nearest town (Gatlin) to seek help but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting …
Read More »Book Review: Dark Score Stories – Author Joachim Ladefoged
It’s not everyday you get a book sent to you exclusive from A&E, and exclusive to the Stephen King film “Bag of Bones” (TV 2 part mini series). Though it is worth mentioning when the product is beautifully written and photographed. The book itself is simpl;y titled “Dark Score Stories”. It contains 64 pages which mainly include the photography of …
Read More »‘Dark Score Stories’ – prequel to ‘Stephen King’s Bag of Bones’ now live on A&E
A&E Network has launched an online narrative prequel, ‘Dark Score Stories,’ to “Stephen King’s Bag of Bones,” a four-hour epic miniseries based on The New York Times #1 bestselling novel, and featuring Pierce Brosnan’s return to television. ‘Dark Score Stories’ is a visual and interactive exploration of the setting and characters of “Bag of Bones” through a series of eerie, …
Read More »Film Review: Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)
SYNOPSIS: A young couple tries to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results. REVIEW: I’m really not much of a “Children of the Corn” fan. I did really like the first film, but the sequels were pretty forgettable. In fact, I have only watched maybe the first two, after that I just gave up. I didn’t even realize that “Children …
Read More »The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book – Info and Cover Art
Cemetery Dance Publications is pleased to announce THE ILLUSTRATED STEPHENKING TRIVIA BOOK: REVISED & UPDATED SECOND EDITION by Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent with illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne. This revised and updated second edition of The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book features all of the original questions from the first edition, along with more than one hundred new questions …
Read More »Film Review: The Shining (1997)
SYNOPSIS: A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers. REVIEW: Written by: Stephen King Directed by: Mick Garris Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, Pat Hingle, Wil Horneff, Shawnee Smith, Sam Raimi, Mick Garris, Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Courtland Mead and Stephen King Based on the novel …
Read More »SHOWTIME – Stephen King and Steven Spielberg go UNDER THE DOME
We already knew that Steven Spielberg picked up the rights to Stephen King’s epic novel UNDER THE DOME. We just didn’t know what he was going to do with it but that changes tonight. We now know that the two Steve’s are heading over to SHOWTIME where the network that brings us DEXTER will try their hand at adapting KING. …
Read More »THE DROPPER by Ron McLarty – Stephen King Recommends
Today Cemetery Dance Publications is pleased to announce THE DROPPER by Ron McLarty, a brand new novel we’ll be publishing in March 2012 as an exclusive trade hardcover edition, backed by a large advertising and marketing campaign. Stephen King calls the book “a story where beauty and brutality mingle in a yarn I just couldn’t put down. This book is …
Read More »Turner Classic Movies kicks off Halloween with Stephen King!
Our favorite time of the year, Halloween time is only about 6 weeks away! Seems hard to believe doesn’t it? That don’t make it any less true and to prove it is so Turner Classic Movies today sent out word about their Oct. line up of classic horror films and it’s a keeper. Kicking the whole thing off will be …
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