’11/22/63′: How Stephen King Found One of His Best Stories By Turning to History [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

After surviving a full dark night with no stars in sight, the Losers make their way to Lisbon Falls, Maine to try out one of Al Templeton’s world renown Cat Burgers. To their surprise, though, there’s no one in the diner. Just a sulfuric smell that leads them straight to the pantry, where not only […]

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‘Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques’ Brings Stephen King to the Coffee Table [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The sun is setting, it’ll be dark soon. Anxious, the Losers’ Club scans the nearby skyscrapers and gazes at the monstrosities watching from above. The stone monsters. The gargoyles! Join co-hosts Dan Pfleegor and Dan Caffrey as they celebrate the 35th anniversary of Stephen King and f-stop Fitzgerald’s 1988 coffee table book Nightmares in the […]

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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘You Like It Darker’, ‘The Life of Chuck’, and ‘Salem’s Lot’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off,  The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Michael Roffman, Jenn Adams, Dan Caffrey, and Randall Colburn cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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‘You Like It Darker’ – Next Year’s New Book from Stephen King Will Feature a ‘Cujo’ Sequel Story!

We told you last year that Stephen King was writing a new short story set in the world of his classic horror novel Cujo, and now we know that you can expect to read it in early 2024. The short story, which is titled Rattlesnakes, will debut in Stephen King’s You Like It Darker, a […]

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“Chapelwaite” – Season 2 of Stephen King Horror Series Not Moving Forward Per Showrunner

It’s tough out there for adaptations of Stephen King‘s Salem’s Lot and its prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot.” While the Salem’s Lot remake hangs in limbo without a release date, the “Chapelwaite” showrunner announced today that season two won’t be moving forward after all, despite a renewal in 2022. “Chapelwaite” co-showrunner Jason Filardi broke the news via X, […]

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Finding Stephen King in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace with Popular Music’s Zac Pennington [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

The Losers’ Club‘s Randall Colburn is joined by one of his favorite songwriters, Zac Pennington (Popular Music/Parenthetical Girls), to unpack the parodic pleasures of U.K. cult hit Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a loony hospital horror soap that’s maybe-sorta-definitely taking the piss out of Stephen King (in the most loving way possible, of course). The pair discuss low-rent ’80s […]

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Stephen King Shares His Thoughts on the ‘Salem’s Lot’ Remake; “The Feel of Old Hollywood”

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date, but we did get a bit of an update on Halloween night earlier this week. According to the latest reports, Warner Bros. is toying with the idea of bringing Salem’s Lot straight-to-streaming sometime in […]

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Scream Factory Brings Stephen King Movie ‘Thinner’ to Blu-ray Early Next Year

Directed by Tom Holland (Child’s Play, Fright Night), Stephen King adaptation Thinner was released in 1996, and it’s now getting a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory. Thinner is coming to Blu-ray on January 23, 2024 from Scream Factory. The classic King adaptation stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna in a story of supernatural […]

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‘Full Dark, No Stars’: Stephen King Gets Nasty With ‘Fair Extension’ and ‘A Good Marriage’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

“How’s your marriage?” What a long dark night it’s been on this trip through Stephen King’s 2011 collection Full Dark, No Stars. After traveling back to 1922 and taking a detour through Big Driver, Losers Justin Gerber, Rachel Reeves, and Jenn Adams make a pit stop in Derry for a nasty little tale of schadenfreude […]

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‘The Life of Chuck’ – Karen Gillan and More Join the Cast of Mike Flanagan’s Next Stephen King Movie

Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep) is headed back into the world of Stephen King with an adaptation of King tale The Life of Chuck, and Deadline brings us the latest. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) and Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger) have signed on to star in The Life of Chuck, Deadline reports. Previously announced, Tom Hiddleston (Crimson […]

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Evil Begets Evil in ‘Apt Pupil’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Nazi is as Nazi does. After kicking off spooky season with a look at Tim Burton’s ode to Hammer Horror in Sleepy Hollow and tackling another Friday the 13th with one of its best entries in Friday the 13th Part 2, we’re getting serious for a minute with a discussion of Bryan Singer‘s 1998 Stephen King adaptation Apt Pupil. Apt […]

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‘101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered’ with Mother Horror [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

We all know Stephen King loves to write horror fiction, but he also loves to read it. And when the Master of Horror is looking for his next literary fright, he turns to our special guest for this episode: author and Bookstagram star Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartman! Join The Losers’ Club co-hosts Jenn Adams and […]

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Even Stephen King Thought ‘The Blair Witch Project’ Was “Too Freaky” [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Because it’s spooky season, The Losers’ Club are dusting off an old Crate episode on 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, a film that even Stephen King asked to turn off for being “too freaky.” Where do you stand? Where do the Losers stand? Hopefully, not in the corner. Join Losers Michael Roffman, Jenn Adams, Randall […]

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‘The Timekeepers of Eternity’ – Watch Experimental Reworking of ‘The Langoliers’ Online For Free This Month

Here’s one more Halloween treat to add to your watchlists this October: The Timekeepers of Eternity, the experimental reworking of The Langoliers, a 1995 TV miniseries based on Stephen King’s 1988 novella. Filmmaker Aristotelis Maragkos has made his edited, printed, and animated vision available to watch online for free throughout October. Check out the trailer below for a closer […]

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‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ – How New Movie Brings Ludlow’s Dark History and King’s Untold Chapter to Life

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Pet Sematary (2019) and Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023).  In the Master of Horror’s vast collection, few stories cast a shadow so dark as Pet Sematary. Stephen King’s 1983 novel follows Louis Creed and his young family as they fall victim to the grim shadow of death lurking in […]

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