Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot gets its third adaptation, with Gary Dauberman directing his second film and James Wan acting as a producer. Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) is a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine. He plans to use his time to research and write his next novel. However, his time back […]
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The Boogeyman Review
The Boogeyman is based on a Stephen King short story of the same name. This time childhood fears and grief are explored as a family battle a monster. The Harpers are suffering from grief after a drunk driver killed the family matriarch. Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) has become overly attached to her mother’s possessions and wears her […]
Firestarter (2022) Review
Blumhouse, the horror production company, make their first adaptation of a Stephen King, with their version of Firestarter. Charlie McGee (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) is an 11-year-old girl who struggles with her pyrokinetic powers. After a bullying incident in school Charlie’s powers get exposed and force the girl to go on the run with her father (Zac […]
Lisey’s Story Review
Lisey’s Story has one of the best television casts ever constructed: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Allen, Ron Cephas Jones, Dane Dehaan, Michael Pitt. I mean, come on, three of those actors in a show would be incredible, but all of them? It’s an embarrassment of riches! And each one is acting […]
Creepshow Season 2 (Spoiler-Free) Review
In 1982, horror icons George A. Romero, Stephen King, and Tom Savini collaborated to create one of the greatest horror anthologies ever made. Creepshow set itself apart from other anthologies through its unique direction, creative stories, and masterful special effects. Now, almost 40 years later, the torch has been passed on to an understudy of […]
Doctor Sleep Review
In recent years there has been a renaissance in adapting Stephen King’s work. 2019 seeing three cinematic adaptations of King novels. Doctor Sleep completed the year and it was a film that had to honour King’s work and Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining. After the events at the Overlook Hotel Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has become […]
It Chapter Two Review
The horror genre has been going through a renaissance period. Many of these films received critical acclaimed and bigger name actors have been attached to these term films. The second part of It was a big scale entry for the genre. 27 years after The Losers defeated Pennywise (Bill Skargård) the spirit of “It” returns to the […]
Pet Sematary Review
The 2019 version of Pet Sematary is the second adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same. It release comes after the success of 2017’s It. The Creed family move from Boston to rural Maine so they could have a quieter life and allow the family patriarch Louis (Jason Clarke) to spend more time with the children. […]