Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) is directing a new take on Stephen King’s The Running Man, and Paramount has announced the release date this afternoon. The Running Man will release in theaters on November 21, 2025. Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters) will star. THR reports this afternoon that the actor will be joined […]
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Half a decade later, Gary Dauberman‘s long-awaited and much-delayed adaptation of Stephen King‘s ‘Salem’s Lot has hit… Max. The Losers assemble outside the Marsten House to a record a review for the ages, finally sinking their teeth into a production they’ve been covering nearly since the beginning of the podcast. Join co-hosts Randall Colburn, Jenn […]
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WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for various adaptations of Salem’s Lot. In addition to character-driven novels and disturbing horror, Stephen King is known for writing folksy stories set in the rural Northeast. His bestselling It takes place in Derry, a close approximation to Bangor, Maine, and he’s been returning to Castle Rock, a town […]
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1974 was a big year for horror. In April, a young writer named Stephen King published his first novel, Carrie, kicking off five decades of bestselling fiction. In October, Tobe Hooper released The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a chaotic nightmare centering a cannibalistic family in a bone-strewn home. Both creators would go on to become […]
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Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) returns to the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Variety reports today that NEON (Longlegs) is “closing a distribution deal” to acquire the film in the wake of it winning the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. Variety speculates, “The film will likely be released in the summer of 2025.” […]
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Writer/Director Gary Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot makes it easy to see why the previous two adaptations of Stephen King’s 1975 novel were miniseries. King packs his stories with rich character work and humanity, so much so that the 1979 and 2004 adaptations couldn’t condense 439 pages into any less than 181 minutes of runtime. After sitting […]
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When Stephen King takes to Twitter to rave about a horror movie, horror fans across the world scramble to get their hands on it. The latest King-approved horror movie is titled The Rule of Jenny Pen, and while King wants you to watch it, that’s not actually possible… yet. Stephen King took to Twitter this […]
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, […]
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The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season. Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024. Watch the official trailer for Max’s Salem’s Lot below. Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s […]
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The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season. Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024. Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon… Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen […]
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It’s not the horror that makes prolific author Stephen King‘s works so compelling, though it certainly helps, but rather his talent for capturing the nuanced multitudes of the human condition. His three-dimensional characters leap off the pages and into Constant Readers’ hearts, ensuring their emotional journeys resonate with or without horror. It’s something writer/director Mike […]
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The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally hitting Max this October, and Entertainment Weekly ran a preview piece today that includes the first clip from the new movie. The outlet explains, “In EW’s exclusive clip from Salem’s Lot, Ben [Lewis Pullman] and Susan [Makenzie Leigh] join Alfre Woodard as Dr. […]
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Stephen King considers himself a novelist, but he loves a good short story. There’s something to be said for a shorter, more intense experience. It can be invigorating, sometimes even shocking, like a waltz with a stranger you will never see again, or a kiss in the dark, or a beautiful curio for sale laid […]
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Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) returns to the world of Stephen King with The Life of Chuck, and Vanity Fair has shared a gallery of first-look images this week. Tom Hiddleston plays the title character in the film, based on the 2020 Stephen King short story of the same name. The film will World Premiere at the […]
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Like most of his Constant Readers, Stephen King certainly has his own share of fears. Trying his hand in any literary form is not one of them, however, a notion he once again proves in his 2015 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Spanning 20 tales, a number of them include his knack at poetry… […]
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