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Stephen King News Roundup: On ‘The Running Man’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘The Monkey’, and Ice T [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

June 3, 2024 Michael Roffman Edgar Wright, Francis Lawrence, Oz Perkins, Podcasts, Stephen King, the long walk, The Monkey, The Running Man, You Like It Darker

The heat is on across King’s Dominion. To cool off, The Losers’ Club put on their shades, put the top down on their 1958 Plymouth Fury convertible, and feel the breeze in Hollywood King. It’s another high-octane news episode that finds Losers Randall Colburn, McKenzie Gerber, Jenn Adams and Justin Gerber cycling through the latest Stephen […]

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The Power of Believing: Diving into Stephen King’s Fictional Tabloid ‘Inside View’

May 21, 2024 Jenn Adams Books, Editorials, Stephen King

Stephen King is an interesting follow on the site formerly known as Twitter. When not posting about politics or his latest literary find, he’s ranting about the state of the world and making observations that position him as a sort of elder statesman in the horror community. A recent tweet by the Master of Horror […]

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Stephen King’s ‘You Like It Darker’ Finds Beauty and Hope in Nihilistic Horror [Review]

May 20, 2024 Jenn Adams Books, Reviews, Stephen King, You Like It Darker

Stephen King may be known for epic novels like It and The Stand, but many Constant Readers first met the Master of Horror through his short fiction. Beginning with the iconic 1978 collection Night Shift, the best-selling author has been dazzling us for decades with short stories overflowing with sickening gore, fantastical creatures, meticulous violence, […]

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NEON Picks Up Stephen King, James Wan & Osgood Perkins Horror Movie ‘The Monkey’

May 18, 2024 John Squires James Wan, Movies, Neon, Osgood Perkins, Stephen King, The Monkey

Three horror powerhouses are coming together for The Monkey, an adaptation of the Stephen King story that’s being produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins. Deadline reports this weekend that NEON has acquired the movie “following a multi-buyer tug of war,” further establishing themselves as horror powerhouses in their own right. “Multiple U.S. distributors came in hot for the […]

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‘Mr. Mercedes’ TV Series Elevates Stephen King’s Novel [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

May 17, 2024 Randall Colburn Breeda Wool, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Holland Taylor, Jharrel Jerome, Justine Lupe, Kelly Lynch, Mr. Mercedes, Podcasts, Stephen King

On August 9, 2017, a TV show premiered with two huge names attached — Stephen King (one of the most successful writers alive) and David E. Kelley (one of the most successful TV creators alive) — and no one saw it. That show? Mr. Mercedes, an adaptation of King’s 2014 novel, the first in a […]

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With ‘Mr. Mercedes’, Stephen King Accelerated Into a New Era [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

May 3, 2024 Randall Colburn Mr. Mercedes, Podcasts, Stephen King

After releasing The Colorado Kid and Joyland via the Hard Case Crime imprint, Stephen King made his grand debut into the world of hard-boiled crime fiction with Mr. Mercedes. The first in a trilogy, the 2014 novel introduced readers to Bill Hodges, a crusty, retired detective who finds his golden years interrupted by the taunts of a psychopathic killer he […]

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If You’ve Got a Taste for Mediocrity, Take ‘Carrie’ (2002) to the Prom [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

April 26, 2024 Michael Roffman Angela Bettis, Bryan Fuller, Carrie, NBC, Patricia Clarkson, Podcasts, Stephen King

The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast closes out April with another trip to prom with Carrie White, only this time there’s no Brian De Palma, no Sissy Spacek, and no Amy Irving. Instead, they dial back to 2002, when NBC aired a new vision of Carrie that may or may not have been the […]

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Glen Powell Starring in New Adaptation of King’s ‘The Running Man’ from Director Edgar Wright

April 11, 2024 John Squires Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Movies, Stephen King, The Running Man

Originally reported way back in 2021, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) is directing a new take on Stephen King’s The Running Man, and Paramount has announced out of CinemaCon today that Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters) will star. Edward Wright will direct the brand new movie adaptation of Stephen […]

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Did ‘Carrie’ Give Birth to “Good For Her” Horror? [The Lady Killers Podcast]

April 11, 2024 Jenn Adams Brian De Palma, Carrie, Podcasts, Sissy Spacek, Stephen King

“It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It’s me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things” Is it possible to go to prom these days without thinking about Carrie? Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel has become so ingrained in the zeitgeist that it’s nearly impossible to […]

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The Women of Carrie – Revisiting Stephen King’s Landmark Horror Novel Fifty Years Later

April 8, 2024 Jenn Adams Books, Carrie, Editorials, Stephen King

For decades, Stephen King has been known as the Master of Horror. By now the prolific Maine author is a household name, known to genre fans and normies alike. He’s a central pillar of American folk horror and a major contributor to the modernization of genre fiction. But fifty years ago, Stephen King was a […]

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‘Carrie’ at 50: How Stephen King’s Tale of Blood, Bullies, and Female Fury Changed Horror Forever [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

April 5, 2024 Jenn Adams '70s, Carrie, Podcasts, Stephen King

“And then the world exploded.” Fifty years ago, Stephen King published a slim novel about a lonely girl finding her power and the world of horror has never been the same. We all know the story by now. Outcast Carrie White gets bullied by her classmates and abused by her ultra-religious mother. Good Girl Sue […]

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Stephen King’s ‘Joyland’ Is an Emotional Rollercoaster That “Shines” [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

March 29, 2024 Michael Roffman Hard Case Crime, Joyland, Podcasts, Stephen King

The Losers head down to North Carolina for a summer job at Joyland circa 1973, a time when Rod Stewart was still in Faces, Dark Side of the Moon was the cutting edge new album, and moments could only be captured by Hollywood Girls and their professional cameras. It was also a time when local […]

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‘The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole’ Presaged Stephen King’s Drift Towards Crime Fiction [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

March 22, 2024 Randall Colburn Podcasts, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

In 2009, Stephen King asked his fans what they’d rather get first — a sequel to The Shining or a new Dark Tower book. They voted for Shining sequel, but the Dark Tower book came first anyway. That book? The Wind Through the Keyhole, a (relatively) trim tale that revisits our favorite gunslinger and his ka-tet in between the events […]

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Actually, ‘The Rage: Carrie 2′ Is Pretty Good [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

March 15, 2024 Michael Roffman Carrie, Emily Bergl, Podcasts, Stephen King, The Rage: Carrie 2

Lobstrosities is a Patreon-only segment of The Losers’ Club that journeys into the barren wastelands of Stephen King movies and sequels. In the past, they’ve covered Pet Sematary 2, Creepshow 3, A Return to ‘Salem’s Lot, every sequel to Sometimes They Come Back, and a third of the Corn franchise. Today, in light of its […]

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‘Salem’s Lot’ Remake Officially Set for Straight-to-Streaming Release on Max

March 12, 2024 John Squires Movies, salem's lot, Stephen King

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date, but we’ve learned from The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon that the film will NOT be releasing in theaters at all. As we suspected, Salem’s Lot will be a straight-to-streaming release for the Max streaming service. THR notes, “No date […]

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