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To celebrate the publication of THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, the long awaited new entry in Stephen King’s DARK TOWER series, publisher Scribner has announced a contest to put the face of a few lucky fans on the book’s back cover art. The official King Facebook page gives the scoop: “Using mosaic design technologies, thousands of readers’… [Continue Reading]
Stephen King is the master of many things, most notable the macabre, and nobody would argue that he is the master of the anthology. Whether we are talking film (CREEPSHOW, CREEPSHOW 2), or print (NIGHT SHIFT, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES), King certainly has a knack for cooking up devilishly eclectic spooky stews. Today, Icons of Fright… [Continue Reading]
Stephen King and son Joe Hill (nee Joe Hillstrom King) teamed up back in 2009 on a short story called THROTTLE, the tale of a motorcycle gang being pursued by a madman in a big rig. The story was featured in the compilation book He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson (Tor Books), as well as an… [Continue Reading]
Mick Garris’ two-part telefilm BAG OF BONES, based on the 1998 Stephen King novel, aired earlier this week, and if you missed it, A&E has made both parts available for free viewing online. Pierce Brosnan stars. Synopsis from StephenKing.com: Several years after his wife’s death, novelist Mike Noonan still suffers writer’s block. A dream inspires… [Continue Reading]
This week is all about Stephen King. In addition to the release of the author’s 11/22/63 and A & E’s sneak peek at the adaptation of BAG OF BONES, another King property, UNDER THE DOME, is moving forward at Showtime, with LOST writer Brian K. Vaughan set to adapt the epic story for Dreamworks, according… [Continue Reading]
The same day that Stephen King’s 11/22/63 was released in bookstores (Check out Famous Monsters’ review here!), A & E updated the official BAG OF BONES Facebook page with brand new stills from the miniseries based on the hit King novel. The plot, as King novels are wont to do, focuses on a Maine author whose… [Continue Reading]
King novels seem to come in two variations. The first is the epic, multi-character sagas that switch points of view constantly and pit the characters against each other, normally toward an apocalyptic conclusion. I’m thinking along the lines of THE STAND, which looked at the feuding survivors of a viral pandemic, and the more recent… [Continue Reading]
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. So said Stephen King at the very beginning of THE DARK TOWER saga. And with Universal putting a screeching halt on the DARK TOWER recently, fans must feel somewhat like Roland Deschain chasing down that illusive Man in Black. After slogging through obstacle… [Continue Reading]
With only two weeks left to visit Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, our thoughts are already turning to next year, wondering what the creators of the annual fright-fest will dream up next. To help them out, we’ve come up with a handy list of suggestions. Now, we understand that many movies might be tied up… [Continue Reading]
THE DARK TOWER, Stephen King’s self-proclaimed magnum opus, is a seven-novel (going on eight) series with supplemental comic books and connected with some of King’s other works that combines the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and western about a mysterious gunslinger in search of the eponymous Dark Tower, said to be the nexus of… [Continue Reading]
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