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Hawaii 2024 Review: CHAIN REACTIONS Roars with Recollections
What do Karyn Kusama, Stephen King, Patton Oswalt, and Takashi Miike have in common? They all speak of their experiences on a certain film that influenced them in one way or another in Alexandre O. Philippe’s (Lynch/Oz, 78/52, Memory: The...
SALEM'S LOT Review: King Adaptation Leans Heavily Into Greatest Hits Territory
For Stephen King’s Constant Readers, adaptations of his novels or short stories into film, TV movies, cable/streaming miniseries, or comics are almost as plentiful as King’s prolific output over the last 50 years. His first published novel, Carrie, became an...
THE BOOGEYMAN Review: Come for the Jump Scares, Stay for the Grief Drama
Rob Savage directed the horror thriller, starring Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, Chris Messina and David Dastmalchian.
Overlook 2023: Three More Titles Added! THE DEAD ZONE, IT LIVES INSIDE And It's a Secret!
With just over two weeks to go before this year's edition of the Overlook Film Festival three more titles have been added to the program. We can tell you what two of them are: a 40th anniversary screening of...
FIRESTARTER Trailer: Ready to Ignite Cinemas And Peacock in May
Here's the trailer for the updated interpretation of Stephen King's 1980 novel Firestarter. Firestarter is coming to cinemas and will stream simultaneously on Peacock on May 13th. First, Zac Efron is now old enough to be playing dad roles,...
Exclusive MIDNIGHT MASS Video Interview: Star Kate Siegel on the New Mike Flanagan Netflix Miniseries
Actress Kate Siegel has collaborated with director Mike Flanagan for almost a decade now. She appeared in the 2013 Blumhouse-produced Oculus, a terrific supernatural and psychological horror film about the breakdown of a family and the trauma that lingers on...
Blu-ray Review: THE DEAD ZONE Remains Devastating, Prophetic
The Dead Zone. I've seen this 1983 film several times, and with each viewing, I love the film more. Scream Factory's recently released collector's edition of The Dead Zone is the definitive home "video" version (at least so far). Directed...
Review: LISEY'S STORY Plunges Into a Pool of Despair
Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan and Joan Allen star in a limited horror series, written by Stephen King and directed by Pablo Lorrain.
Blu-ray Review: TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE
Scream Factory and Shout! Factory have added a treasure trove of older genre films to their catalog, and on August 25, Tales From the Darkside: The Movie, will join them. The producers of the popular TV show decided to make a...
CREEPSHOW Interview: Greg Nicotero on Reviving the Iconic Horror Anthology As a Series
Greg Nicotero is a living legend of the horror genre. I mean, his first credit is the masterpiece Day of the Dead, in which he assisted special makeup effects artist Tom Savini under the direction of the man who certainly...
Blu-ray Review: SILVER BULLET Shoots for the Heart
It's been a long, long time since I've seen the strange werewolf adaptation of Stephen King's novella, "Cycle of the Werewolf." Like many kids in the '80s, I'm sure, I saw this film way too young. There were images that...
Now Streaming: CASTLE ROCK Gets Straight to the Bloody Point
Lizzy Caplan, Elsie Fisher and Tim Robbins star in Season 2 of the Hulu series, based on characters and settings by Stephen King.
Netflix & Chills: STREAM. SCREAM. REPEAT.
This is a public service announcement. As the horror-day season approaches many of us like to line up the thirty-one days of October with a killer line-up or horror delights. Netflix would like to remind you that they have a...
Giveaway: Win CHILDREN OF THE CORN DVD/BD SteelBook
Tomorrow RLJ Films will release a DVD/BD SteelBook of Fritz Kiersch's 1984 horror flick Children of the Corn, just in time for the film's 35th anniversary. Adapted from the short story of the same name by Stephen King, the...
Blu-ray Review: Scream Factory's CREEPSHOW is a Halloween Treat
Creepshow, written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero, is seminal release in the horror anthology lexicon. While it was low budget, it was high concept in terms of story, well-directed, and had an awesome cast, which included Adrienne...
PET SEMATARY Trailer Should Please Stephen King Fans
Starry Eyes directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch have taken on a gargantuan task, not only adapting one of Stephen King's most beloved novels, Pet Sematary, but releasing it on the heels of IT, a success on all accounts and...
Vestron Video Goes Into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE This October With Stephen King's Cult Fave
Fans of Stephen King's lone directorial effort (and what a mighty effort it was), Maximum Overdrive have reason to rejoice this October as this cocaine-fueled cult favorite lands on North American Blu-ray for the first time through Lionsgate's Vestron Video...
Notes on Streaming: 1922, Miserable Man That I Am
Low-key dramatics and a one-dimensional theme characterize 1922, the latest screen adaptation of a Stephen King story. Released on Netflix this past Friday, my initial reaction to Zak Hilditch's film was quite muted and left me grumbling with dissatisfaction, much...
Screamfest 2017: THE LODGERS Leads Second Wave of Titles, Includes CHILD'S PLAY And THE FUNHOUSE Screenings
The seventeenth annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival is quickly approaching. Running from October 10th through 19th the festival will offer Los Angeles residents a good dose of thrills and chills leading into the Halloween season. Brian O'Malley's gothic horror...
Fantastic Fest 2017 Review: GERALD'S GAME Is Oscar Worthy
Warning: spoilers ahead. For the record, I never cracked open Stephen King's Gerald's Game because I just couldn't take what the cover --- a pair of handcuffs hanging from a bedpost, its top carved into a crouching, hurting woman ---...
