STEPHEN KING WEEK: The Tommyknockers (1993)
While known primarily as a horror writer, the novel The Tommyknockers was a rare science fiction novel from Stephen King. However, the novel was written while King was struggling with addiction and is packed with metaphors for dealing with substance abuse. The writer said, “The Tommyknockers is an awful book. That was the last one I wrote […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
Originally titled The Curse, this film, based on the real-life Spur Posse case, sat in development hell for two years. One can only wish that it had remained there. How did we as a people allow this movie to happen? If only social media had been around to shame this film into nothingness back then! […]
Sequence Break (2017)
Polybius isn’t a video game. It’s an urban legend. Supposedly, the game was a government experiment, a game that produced not only intense psychoactive symptoms but also became addictive. Even crazier, the Men in Black would data mine these machines and study the users. Why? Who knows — legends like this have gone as far […]
The Boogeyman (1980)
When Willy and Lacey were kids, they watched their mom and her boyfriend — who wore her stockings on his face — make out. Their mother was so upset, she sent Lacey to her room and tied Willy to his bed. It didn’t work, though. Willy would get out and stab the guy to death […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Carrie (1976)
This is King’s first novel to be published and first one to be adapted to the silver screen. And if you ask me, it’s probably my favorite. Credit where it’s due — Brian De Palma presented a master class in how to build intensity and intensity in this film. It’s so perfect that it brings […]
SECRET MESSAGES IN OUR DVDs: The classics
I bet you hate the cops too, huh Josephine?
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Stephen King’s It (1990)
Tommy Lee Wallace has made many lasting contributions to genre filmmaking, first on John Carpenter’s Dark Star and Assault on Precinct 13 before appearing as The Shape/Michael Myers in the original Halloween, writing Amityville 2: The Possession, co-writing and directing the original Fright Night Part II and acting and being part of the effects team for The Fog. But this film cements […]
Prisoners (2013)
When Becca and I saw the trailer for Prisoners, I knew that it would be a film that I’d be hunting down for her. When it ended, she said, “Why can’t every movie be that perfect?” I asked what she meant. “Nothing dumb happened.” Kelly Dover (Hugh Jackman, forever Wolverine to me) and his wife Grace […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
After the two Creepshow movies, where can you turn for a modern portmanteau filled with Stephen King stories? How about the cinematic version of the TV show Tales from the Darkside? The success of Creepshow led to thoughts of making it into a TV series. Warned Brothers owned some aspects and Laurel Entertainment, who produced the film (its George […]
STEPHEN KING WEEK: The Stand (1994)
The unabridged version of the stand is 1,152 pages. How do you film that? How do you capture everything? This 1994 miniseries — originally airing from May 8 – 12 of that year — made a valiant effort. It’s nearly impossible to get in every character from the book, but that doesn’t mean that these […]
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