Welcome to Preacher’s Corners, where the sky is grey, the sea is green, and the people are blue. Beware, though, for there’s a curse across this small New England town. A curse that can be traced all the way up the road, past the pines, and behind the mansion doors of the creaky Chapelwaite manor. […]
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There Are Rats in the Walls in First Clip from EPIX’s Stephen King Series “Chapelwaite” [Video]
EPIX‘s new series “Chapelwaite” adapts Stephen King‘s prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” published in 1978 and featuring the fictional town King introduced a few years prior in the novel Salem’s Lot. The series premieres August 22, which is this coming Sunday night. Check out a new clip from the upcoming premiere episode down below, wherein Adrien Brody‘s character suspects that there […]
‘Stand By Me’ at 35: Stephen King’s Coming-of-Age Story Hits Harder With Age [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
“I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959, a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only 1,281 people. But to me, […]
[Review] “Chapelwaite” Expands Stephen King Story and Sinks Its Teeth into Classic Gothic Tradition
The fictional town of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, gets mentioned frequently in author Stephen King‘s works. Most famously, it’s the setting for his vampire novel ‘Salem’s Lot and, to a lesser extent, a stand-alone prequel short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.” The latter channeled Bram Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm, with an 1850’s tale of terror told in the […]
SK Tours of Maine Invites You to Stephen King’s Dominion [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
The standpipe. The sematary. The Jade. The gates. The world of Stephen King is vast and infinite, at least on paper. In reality, King’s Dominion is nestled snuggly within Bangor, Maine, the third largest city in the seaside state and arguably its greatest source for tourism. After all, thousands of Constant Readers descend upon the […]
[Book Review] Stephen King Snipes Our Heart With ‘Billy Summers’
Stephen King respects pulp. Scroll through his Twitter feed long enough, and you’ll see that the best-selling author lives for hard-boiled stories centered around characters with guns in their hands, heat in their hearts, and principles on their mind. Bosch, The Good Fight, Big Sky, Designated Survivor, Chance, the list goes on. Hell, one cursory […]
Stephen King Wrangled the Beast Within the “Lord of the Flies” [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” There’s been a wreck. A British aeroplane has crashed on a remote island, leaving the Losers stranded somewhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Hope is dwindling, but the weather is beautiful, the vegetation is plentiful, and there’s even livestock roaming around. In an effort […]
Sink Your Teeth Into the Bloody Red Band Trailer for “Chapelwaite”, Based on the Stephen King Story “Jerusalem’s Lot”! [Video]
“I’d rather die than risk hurting my family.” EPIX‘s new series “Chapelwaite” adapts Stephen King‘s prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” published in 1978 and featuring the fictional town King introduced a few years prior in the novel Salem’s Lot. “The series is set in the 1850s. It follows Captain Charles Boone, who relocates his family of three children to his […]
Pure Celluloid Mayhem: Stephen King’s ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Turns 35
Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe it’s my undying devotion as a “Constant Reader.” Maybe I’m just a sucker for seeing Pat Hingle fire a bazooka. Whatever the reason, I shamelessly love Maximum Overdrive. This first and only film directed by Stephen King is pure celluloid mayhem. Universally panned by critics and nearly as disliked by audiences, […]
“Castle Rock”: Unofficial Season 3 Audio Drama Resurrects Stephen King’s Finest in Final Act [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
In case you missed it, The Losers’ Club were mysteriously given a decaying, coffee-stained teleplay for the lost Season 3 premiere of Hulu’s Castle Rock. Rather than keep it to themselves, your humble hosts brought the script to life in the best way they know how: By turning it into a podcast with no affiliation whatsoever to […]
‘Strawberry Spring’: Podcast Based on Stephen King’s ‘Night Shift’ Stories in the Works
Stephen King‘s first collection of short stories is about to become his first podcast, with The Wrap reporting today that King is producing a podcast titled Strawberry Spring. The podcast is based on King’s Night Shift collection, published in 1978. UPDATE: The Wrap is now reporting that King is *not* producing this podcast. The Wrap […]
“Clarice” and “The Stand” Coming Home in October; “The Stand” 2-Pack Will Include Both Adaptations
From CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, “Clarice” Season 1 and Stephen King’s “The Stand” are both coming to Blu-ray on October 5, we’ve learned. The press release explains, “Arriving on DVD, Clarice: Season One follows FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) as she returns to the field one year after her encounter […]
Finding Stephen King at the End of Fear Street [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
Curses. Mysteries. Murder. The streets of Shadyside are stained with blood and the teens are always in danger. This is the perilous world of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street, the ’90s young adult series that inspired an entire generation of readers to vanish into the stacks in search of the spooky. Naturally, many of them became […]
“Castle Rock”: Unofficial Season 3 Audio Drama Turns Up the Heat in Act II [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
In case you missed it, The Losers’ Club were mysteriously given a decaying, coffee-stained teleplay for the lost Season 3 premiere of Hulu’s Castle Rock. Rather than keep it to themselves, your humble hosts brought the script to life in the best way they know how: By turning it into a podcast with no affiliation whatsoever to […]
“Chapelwaite”: Stephen King Story ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ Brings Vampires to EPIX in August [Trailer]
EPIX‘s new series “Chapelwaite” adapts Stephen King‘s prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” published in 1978 and featuring the fictional town King introduced a few years prior in the novel Salem’s Lot. The series premieres August 22, and the trailer has arrived today. Expect fanged terrors and spooky happenings. Preview “Chapelwaite” below. Oscar-winner Adrien Brody stars in the EPIX series as Captain Charles […]