40 years after starring in Stand By Me, the adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Body, Wil Wheaton has returned to the story that helped launch his career. Wheaton, who played Gordie Lachance in Rob Reiner’s 1986 film, narrates the first standalone audiobook edition of the seminal coming-of-age novella. The Body audiobook will be released on […]
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Production has commenced on the second season of “The Institute,” based on Stephen King‘s 2019 novel of the same name. Hailing from writer Benjamin Cavell (“The Stand,” Justified”) and director Jack Bender (“Mr. Mercedes,” Child’s Play 3), the supernatural horror series will return on MGM+ later this year. Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller, Fionn […]
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Holly Gibney will once again be the focus of Stephen King‘s next book. “I’m going to write about Holly again,” King shared on Threads. “Happy New Year to me.” Holly Gibney first appeared in 2014’s Mr. Mercedes and returned for its sequels, 2015’s Finders Keepers and 2016’s End of Watch. She went on to play […]
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The Halloweenies officially bolt the door and lock the windows on 2025 by listing the 10 best horror films of the year. Stream the episode below. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Stranger Things, It, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Game of Thrones. In the end, Stranger Things remained what it has always been, a love letter to outcasts and fans of genre fiction. The show that once ignited Easter egg obsessives with a The Thing poster hanging in […]
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The Losers head to the tropics for Stephen King‘s You Like It Darker. Join Losers Michael Roffman, Jenn Adams, Justin Gerber, and Dan Caffrey as they rank all 12 stories within King’s 2024 collection — from the hard-hitting novella Two Talented Bastids to the harrowing Cujo sequel “Rattlesnakes” to the soul searching sendoff “The Answer […]
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All good things come to an end… To close out the first quarter of this century, the Halloweenies have hit the archives to revisit all the horror movies released between 2000 to 2025. After careful consideration, they’ve made their lists, checked them twice, and given them to Santa Gerber to collate them all into a […]
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WARNING: The Following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episode eight. After seven thrilling episodes, It: Welcome to Derry concludes its inaugural season with “Winter Fire,” a powerhouse finale that effectively wraps up the town’s 1962 cycle of death and destruction while peppering in shrewd connections to Stephen King’s larger body of work. With Pennywise […]
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After releasing in theaters last month, Edgar Wright’s (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) The Running Man heads home to Digital this week. The Running Man arrives on Digital on December 16 with over two ours of bonus content. In a near-future society, ‘The Running Man’ is the top-rated show on television—a deadly […]
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Following its finale last night on HBO, the first season of “IT: Welcome to Derry” is available on Digital now and will be released on Steelbook 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 5, 2026 via Warner Bros. Serving as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s IT films based on Stephen King‘s classic novel, the series […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry. Horror fans love a killer clown. HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry has taken the world by storm with a deft blend of heartstopping terror and comforting nostalgia surrounding a solid emotional core. Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård) returns to terrorize the children of […]
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WARNING: The Following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episode six. As we near the first season finale of It: Welcome to Derry, classic references to Stephen King’s 1986 novel abound. Episode 6, “In the Name of the Father,” sees the 1962 version of the Losers’ Club begin to solidify, placing these likeable characters […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Stranger Things 5: Volume I. Stranger Things has always existed as a child of two worlds. Netflix’s nostalgic adventure series effortlessly straddles genre lines while referencing beloved sci-fi, horror, and fantasy texts. Emerging from a deft blend of 80s adventure films and vintage Stephen King novels, each installment […]
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WARNING: The Following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episode five. As promised in last week’s installment of It: Welcome to Derry, episode five, “29 Neibolt Street,” not only takes us inside the notorious house, but also into the sewers below. Though Hallorann (Chris Chalk) and team may arrive via the house’s namesake […]
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Before “IT: Welcome to Derry,” Hulu’s short-lived series “Castle Rock” similarly played with and remixed elements from the world of Stephen King, with tales like Salem’s Lot, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, and Misery being tossed into a blender throughout the course of the two-season series. Back in 2020, unfortunately, the series was cancelled by […]
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