Category: Stephen King Project

Maximum Overdrive is ridiculous, but it still has some fun, goofy moments. Trucks, based on the same Stephen King short story, has only one goofy moment and I believe it was unintentional. It is unclear why there was a need to make another version of the story while removing...

Maximum Overdrive Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington Directed by: Stephen King Written by: Stephen King Rating: R Length: 1 hour 37 min Genre: Horror Comedy Release Date: July 25, 1986 Based on the short story “Trucks,” which is not one of my favorite stories in the Night Shift collection, Maximum Overdrive has the makings...

I have seen Cat’s Eye quite a few times as a kid. I think I would watch it every time I stumbled across it on cable around the time it came out. A cat very loosely ties together three stories. Two of the stories came from Stephen King’s Night Shift...

Children of the Corn Starring: Peter Hortron, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, Courtney Gains Directed by: Fritz Kiersch Written by: George Goldsmith (screenplay), Stephen King (short story) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 32 min Genre: Horror Release Date: March 9, 1984 I had never seen Children of the Corn before now, even though I do believe I have...

Night Shift by Stephen King Pages: 336 Genre: Horror, Story Story Collection Published: 1978 Link: Amazon | Powell’s The ladder had always held us before, we thought it would always hold us again, which is a philosophy that gets men and nations in trouble time after time. 3.5/5 stars The first time I...

Rage by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) Pages: 211 Genre: Contemporary Published: September 1977 When you’re five and you hurt, you make a big noise in the world. At ten you whimper. But by the time you make fifteen you begin to eat the poisoned apples that grow on your own inner tree...

The Shining Starring: Steven Weber, Rebecca De Morney, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff, Melvin Van Peebles Directed by: Mick Garris Written by: Stephen King (teleplay and novel) Rating: Unrated Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 1997 I remember when this miniseries came out. I meant to watch it, but never got around to it, most...

The Shining Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Rating: R Length: 2 hour, 26 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 1980 I’ve seen this movie many times. I love this movie. It still scares me. I watched it immediately after first reading The...

The Shining by Stephen King Pages: 447 Genre: Horror Published: 1977 Link: Amazon | Powell’s I only ended up reading a few books, mostly short stories by Stephen King before I quit reading his books back in high school. The Shining was one of them and it was my favorite. Parts of it scared...

I have no recollection of this 2004 version of Salem’s Lot existing. I think I would have paid attention to it somewhat because of Rob Lowe, but I didn’t. In some ways I enjoyed watching this version of the story better than the 1979 original, but I did not...