The Losers’ Club reaches the last page of Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the sixth and final episode of their coverage, the Losers return to the present to discuss the tear-jerker of an ending, dust off King’s original finale, and share their final thoughts. They also meditate on the book’s connections (?) to Mid-World […]
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We (mostly) kept JFK conspiracy talk out of our 11/22/63 episodes, as the story is best enjoyed on Stephen King‘s terms. We did, however, think it would be enriching to chat with some smart people about King’s assertion that “it is very, very difficult for a reasonable person to believe” that Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t […]
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The Losers’ Club continues their journey through Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the fifth of six episodes, the Losers spend their time healing at the Parkland Memorial Hospital before the big, titular day. But, can Jake Epping save the world and yet also save the girl? Or will Oswald succeed as love fades away? […]
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The Losers’ Club continues their journey through Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the fourth of six episodes, the Losers go on a stakeout and get stuck between stations, specifically Dallas and Jodie, Texas. It’s here Jake Epping gets lovingly closer to Sadie Dunhill and yet dangerously closer to Lee Harvey Oswald. Remember, though, time […]
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The following contains major spoilers for the short story “I Know What You Need.” Ever since Brian De Palma’s Carrie set fire to the silver screen, Stephen King has been one of the hottest names in cinematic horror. With hundreds of titles in his extensive catalog, there’s seemingly no end to the list of adaptable […]
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The Losers’ Club continues their journey through Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the third of six episodes, the Losers head back to Derry, Maine, all before road trippin’ down south to Sunset Point, FL, then to Dallas, TX, and finally to Jodie, TX. Things take a dark turn along the way, proving – as […]
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The Losers continue their journey through Stephen King‘s time-traveling drama: 11/22/63. In the second of six episodes, the Losers head to Derry, Maine, where they reunite with familiar faces and meet a new villain in King’s Dominion: Frank Dunning. Along the way, they also discuss the evolution of Jake Epping — err, George Amberson — […]
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Look, we would’ve been perfectly happy enjoying 11/22/63 without getting into the weeds of the JFK conspiracy, but Stephen King himself took pains to detail how his research for the book convinced him that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. “It is very, very difficult for a reasonable person to believe otherwise,” he writes in the […]
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An adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk has been in various stages of development over the years, with filmmakers including the late George A. Romero, Frank Darabont, and André Øvredal attached at different points in time. Of course, none of those movies ended up coming to fruition, but it looks like a […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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