Beware! Spoilers for the work of Stephen King abound. Stephen King has always been a self-referential writer. In addition to his poignant memoir On Writing and a multitude of forwards and afterwards in his Uncle Steve voice, the Master of Horror tends to inject his fiction with characters that bear a striking resemblance to his […]
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It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule. So, what […]
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The latest new arrival to the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service is the 2-hour documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT, which provides an in-depth look at the original 1990 mini-series based on Stephen King’s classic horror novel. Prior to Pennywise, the documentary’s co-director first gave that same in-depth treatment to 1989’s Pet Sematary. Guess what? […]
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Bleeder’s DIEgest delivers weekly original audio horror short stories via the Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network. Each new “issue” is designed to be a fully immersive theatrical experience along with music and sound design. Select episodes feature guest performers from the horror community as well as your favorite films, including Sara Paxton (The Innkeepers // The […]
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Widely considered to be one of the very best Stephen King horror movies, 1989’s Pet Sematary was directed by Mary Lambert, who at the time was fresh off directing a string of music videos including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and “Material Girl,” as well as Janet Jackson’s “Control,” Sting’s “We’ll Be Together,” and Rod Stewart’s […]
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It’s rare for a year to go by without several new Stephen King movies and this year is certainly no exception, with a Salem’s Lot remake and much, much more soon on the way. In fact, we’re counting at least ELEVEN King adaptations that are currently in the works, and though they’re not all coming […]
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Published in 1983, Stephen King‘s Pet Sematary has thus far been adapted twice for the big screen, first by Mary Lambert in 1989 and then by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer in 2019. Mary Lambert also directed a sequel to her Pet Sematary, which was released in 1992, and now a brand new prequel story is […]
Busy times in King’s Dominion. Seems as if we’re finally over the rumor mill on a number of Stephen King-related projects, which means it’s time for the Losers to put on their shades, rev up their Plymouth Fury convertible, and head to Hollywood King. It’s a freewheelin’ news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Dan […]
A surprising move that was announced at the start of this week, the upcoming Fede Alvarez-produced Texas Chainsaw Massacre – a decades-later sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, we’ve been told – is not being released in theaters by Legendary as planned, but rather the film is bringing Leatherface exclusively to Netflix. The streaming service […]
Variety reports Friday evening that “actor, disability-inclusion advocate and double hand amputee” John W. Lawson (“American Horror Story”) has been cast as “Stanny” in Paramount Players’ untitled Pet Sematary prequel. “I have myoelectric hands… or what people commonly call ‘cyborg,’” Lawson jokes to the site. “But most of the time, it’s just my hooks.” Variety […]
Henry Thomas continues his renaissance with a role in the Paramount Players’ follow-up adaptation of Stephen King’s bestseller Pet Sematary at Paramount Players, reports Deadline. The actor, who made a name for himself as the young boy Elliot in Steven Spielberg’s E.T., has recently starred in a plethora of genre projects from Netflix’s “The Haunting […]
A new installment in the Pet Sematary franchise is in the works for Paramount+, with Jeff Buhler, who wrote the 2019 adaptation, writing. There’s been a ton of casting already, but Variety adds that the legendary Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Coffy, Jackie Brown) has joined the cast! Grier joins a cast that includes Natalie Alyn Lind (“Big Sky,” “Tell Me a […]
A new installment in the Pet Sematary franchise is in the works for Paramount+, with Jeff Buhler, who wrote the 2019 adaptation, writing. It looks like the project is indeed a prequel, as originally announced, and THR brings us some more casting news today. Natalie Alyn Lind (“Big Sky,” “Tell Me a Story”), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), Forrest […]