Maximum Overdrive
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...
Children of the Corn
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
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
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 (1997 TV Miniseries)
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 (1980 Movie)
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 (Book)
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...
Salem’s Lot (1979 TV Movie)
The 1979 television miniseries of Salem’s Lot does a decent job of translating the spirit and most of the plot points of the Stephen King novel into three hours of spooky vampire shenanigans. Any unintentional laughter I had from it mostly came from the limited special effects due to the...
Carrie (2013 Movie)
This was a completely unnecessary remake. When it began it showed Julianne Moore as Carrie’s mother, Margaret White, giving birth to Carrie and almost killing her immediately. That gave me hope that it might add a little more backstory to the movie from the book that the 1976 version left...