“The Boogeyman,” adapted from a 1973 short story by Stephen King (collected in 1978’s “Night Shift”), is the third-oldest of his stories to be adapted
In appropriate fashion for the horror genre, Mike Flanagan slowly crept onto the scene in the 2010s, making increasingly good, modestly budgeted films. Then he
Stephen King goes into full fantasy adventure mode for “Fairy Tale” (September, hardcover), a 599-page doorstop he wrote during the height of the pandemic, driven
Exhibit A in the case that we live in an era overloaded with entertainment options: 2022 features two psychological horror films centering on a telephone
“The Dead Zone” (1983) has two essential ingredients for turning Stephen King’s sprawling, light-on-plot 1979 novel into a compelling film. One is Jeffrey Boam’s screenplay,
I’ve always had a thing about carnivals and fairs – the hot summer night, the neon, and the false promises coalesce into something bittersweet. The
“Firestarter” (1984) served as a cautionary tale for Blumhouse’s “Firestarter” (2022) by showing what not to do in every instance. Writer Scott Teems (“Halloween Kills”)
“Firestarter: Rekindled” (2002, Sci-Fi Channel), similar to “Superman Returns,” is one of those odd movies (technically a 2-hour, 48-minute miniseries) that’s a sequel to a
“Firestarter” will get a remake later this month, and watching the original “Firestarter” (1984) it’s clear it needs one. As adapted by Stanley Mann, the
Stephen King’s direct connection to “The X-Files” consists of only one episode he co-wrote, Season 5’s “Chinga.” But his 1980 novel “Firestarter” is a precursor