You can always tell when someone has translated Stephen King’s material correctly because of one simple element – the dialogue. Typically, in a Hollywood-style film, when someone has taken liberty with Stephen King’s ideas, the dialogue is short, and pointed, and there are more visuals than dialogue. Most people are under the belief that showing is better than telling. While The Shining is an abso...[Read More]
Take the plunge into the world of Stephen King with this new 5-movie collection, featuring a nice balance of stories, just in time for the Halloween season. If this set accomplishes one thing, it’s finally bringing The Dead Zone to Blu-ray, but you’ll have hours of entertainment to spend watching some of these other classics! Pet Sematary (2019) “Based on Stephen King’s terrifying novel comes a fi...[Read More]
Check out the details below. Prepare thyself for Hallows Eve. Prepare for terrifying suspense and bone-chilling thrills with this new 5-Movie Collection arriving on Blu-ray September 15, 2020. Based on the written works of Stephen King, these five films offer the perfect entertainment for Halloween: Pet Sematary (1989), Pet Sematary (2019), Stephen King’s The Stand, The Dead Zone, and Stephen King...[Read More]
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of this Blu-ray/DVD that we reviewed in this blog post. The opinions we share are our own. “Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help – and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability...[Read More]
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of this Blu-ray/DVD that we reviewed in this blog post. The opinions we share are our own. Back in 2017, It was in theaters. As a fan of the book, I’d already planned to see both parts of the story on the big screen. When It ended, a graphic teased the audience that Pennywise would be back for the sequel that everyone already...[Read More]
Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep follows Danny Torrance in his middle age, decades after his horrific experience at the Overlook Hotel with his brave mother Wendy and his father Jack, who is rapidly losing his mind. Nearly 40 years later, Danny is an ex-alcoholic noticing his psychic connections to a young girl named Abra and the looming threat of an immortal roaming cult, the True Knot, that feast of...[Read More]
“Sometimes dead is better.” Most people, even if they haven’t read the original 1983 book or seen the 1989 film, know the general story of Pet Sematary. Despite the name, the story is far more about its human characters than any animals or mystical locations that can bring back the dead. At its core, the story is one about grief and the lengths to which it can drive you. To use an old cliché, Pet ...[Read More]
“Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers is a classic horror story that takes a perfect Norman Rockwell town … and turns it inside out. Brian Krause and Alice Krige star in this terrifying tale of modern-day vampires who move from small town to small town to prey on virtuous young women. Imperceptibly inhuman to everyone except for felines, these vicious shape-shifters have their eyes on a new vic...[Read More]
“”Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection, as well as an appreciation of the macabre.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Masters of the macabre – writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero – conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic ’50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave fo...[Read More]
“John Carpenter brings Stephen King’s best-selling novel to life in this chilling thriller. She was born in Detroit…on an automotive assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is CHRISTINE—a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil, indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way. She...[Read More]
“Stephen King’s horror masterpiece comes to life for a new generation. In Derry, Maine, seven young friends unite against a terrifying supernatural creature that has been haunting their small town for centuries. Calling itself Pennywise the Dancing Clown, IT is a monster of unspeakable power that takes the form of everyone’s most horrific fears. Threatened by their worst nightmares, the only way t...[Read More]
“Selena St. George stares at the note and news clipping. Her estranged mother Dolores has been accused of murder. Grudgingly, Selena returns to her tiny Maine hometown to offer help. Not that she believes Dolores is innocent. In truth, she harbors suspicions going back 20 years. Kathy Bates, who won a Best Actress Oscar for Misery, scores in another chilling Stephen King story (directed by Taylor ...[Read More]