WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for The Running Man (2025). Could there be a better time for an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man? Originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, this dystopian novella is not only set in 2025, but it also follows a world in which ultra-wealthy overlords control the masses […]
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Getting several new Stephen King adaptations in a given year isn’t surprising to horror fans, but this year has an added dimension of intrigue for longtime Constant Readers. Two of the King films released in 2025 – The Long Walk and The Running Man – were originally released under a different name. Beginning in 1977, […]
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The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast laces up and jogs through Edgar Wright‘s The Running Man, now playing in theaters everywhere. Topics include: Wright’s signature style and whether we see it in this adaptation, Glen Powell’s star power (and why he has the IT factor), the ballsy new ending, and why this makes a […]
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Of all the advice Stephen King offers in On Writing, “write what you know” may be the best. It’s certainly advice he follows as his vast catalogue is bursting with writers and the occasional villainous scribe. With King’s last literary outing as Richard Bachman behind them, the Losers round up all of King’s fictional writers […]
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With Blaze back on the shelf, the Losers have finished their Richard Bachman run. To cap it off, they do what any self-respecting Constant Reader would do: argue and rank all seven of his novels. To recap, that includes: 1977’s Rage, 1979’s The Long Walk, 1981’s Roadwork, 1982’s The Running Man, 1984’s Thinner, 1996’s The […]
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Forgive the creaking hinges and fluttering moths, Constant Listeners. The Losers just cracked open Stephen King’s fabled TRUNK, the one where he keeps all the inked-up pages he’s not yet ready to unleash upon the world. It’s here where Blaze moldered for decades. Written in late 1972 and early 1973 on his wife’s Olivetti typewriter […]
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