Of all the advice Stephen King offers in On Writing, “write what you know” may be the best. It’s certainly advice he follows as his vast catalogue is bursting with writers and the occasional villainous scribe. With King’s last literary outing as Richard Bachman behind them, the Losers round up all of King’s fictional writers […]
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It’s time to float… Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Egan Escape Productions have joined forces to bring fans the new escape room experience Escape IT, inspired by one of the most horrifying and iconic film franchises of all time, Stephen King’s IT. Located in the heart of Sin City off Symphony Parkway and […]
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In this special Halloween bonus episode, the Losers head to Springfield — or shall we say, Kingfield — to discuss “The Simpsons” take on Stephen King‘s It. Dubbed “Not It”, this unique “Treehouse of Horror” one-off puts a Simpsonian spin on our favorite novel from 1986 by turning Krusty the Clown into a Pennywise twinner […]
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“The Simpsons” is going big with their annual “Treehouse of Horror” special this year, for the first time ever airing TWO DIFFERENT brand new episodes for the Halloween season. One of the two “Treehouse of Horror” 2022 episodes will take the familiar anthology approach, while the other will be a full length, 20-minute parody of Stephen […]
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As a documentary filmmaker and archivist, I rely on a few critical things when putting together a new film project. The first thing is patience; finding rare and rarely seen materials is often a marathon, not a sprint. The other thing I rely on is the cooperation from and collaboration with the holders of said […]
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It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule. So, what […]
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“The Simpsons” is doing something a little different with their annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode this year, for the first time ever airing TWO DIFFERENT brand new episodes! One of the two “Treehouse of Horror” 2022 episodes will take the familiar anthology approach, while the other will be a full length, 20-minute parody of Stephen […]
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“Swear to me. Swear to me that if IT isn’t dead, we’ll all come back.” By now, you’ve heard it a million times: “You know, Pennywise did for clowns what Jaws did for beaches.” Here’s why: In November of 1990, Stephen King‘s 1986 novel IT became a thing of nightmares for an entire generation when […]
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The hotly-anticipated documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT is coming exclusively to the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service this summer, with the doc releasing on VOD and SCREAMBOX on July 26, 2022. Pennywise: The Story of IT is an in-depth look at the 1990 miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel. The film had its world premiere at the Sitges International Fantastic Film […]
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Don Henley failed to mention it in his 1984 hit, but Stephen King is certainly a boy of the summer. Whether it’s venturing outside of Castle Rock to see a dead body or evading shapeshifting clowns in the barrens of Derry, the best-selling author has carved out a number of parables that make us sweat […]
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Originally announced back in March, HBO Max is developing a series titled “Welcome to Derry,” which will serve as a prequel to the two Stephen King movies from Andy Muschietti. Variety had reported back in March, “The series will begin in the 1960s in the time leading up to the events of It: Part One, the […]
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“I think that when I die I will kind of disappear from the paperback racks. But that fucking clown is going to live forever,” Stephen King jokes in a new chat with Bloody Disgusting’s The Losers’ Club Podcast that we uploaded last week. He adds, “That’s one thing I’ve got going for me.” So what […]
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More Stephen King is headed to Netflix, the streaming service has announced today, with two of the best King-based horror movies being added to Netflix in the coming weeks. We’ve learned that Andy Muschietti’s IT (2017) will bring Pennywise to Netflix on June 19, 2022, followed by Frank Darabont’s The Mist arriving on Netflix on […]
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Every season of “Stranger Things” brings new threats, and “Stranger Things 4” has teased the greatest yet. More intriguingly, it’s promising a darker season that further embraces the horror. The ’80s set series has worn its influences on its sleeves since the beginning, including horror, which makes that promise of a more horror-entrenched season even more exciting. […]
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The horror genre has a knack for subverting seemingly innocent concepts and turning them into excuses for instilling terror. After all, scary stories are full of playful little children that become eerie ghosts and cute dolls that come to life with murderous intent. One of the most infamous examples of this trope is the clown, […]
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