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Review: American Blues Theater’s Misery Delivers Laughs but Is Light on Screams

Misery might be the Stephen King novel best suited for a theatrical adaptation. Not only because its single-bedroom setting makes it decidedly stage-sized, but also because its two main characters […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • October 1, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: King on Screen Explores the Good, Bad and Scary Film Adaptations of Prolific Author Stephen King

    Actor-turned-director Daphné Baiwir (2021’s The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland) clearly has a great affection for author Stephen King, but her latest documentary, King on Screen—as you might have guessed—is more […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 11, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Based on Stephen King’s Classic Story, The Boogeyman is Equal Parts Horror Film, Family Drama

    Part adaptation of and sequel to the Stephen King-penned short story of the same name, The Boogeyman takes the confessional approach of the written plot (a distraught patient talking to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 1, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Latest Children of the Corn Adaptation Updates Stephen King’s Story but Loses All Its Bite

    Admittedly, it’s been a few decades since I read the original Stephen King short story Children of the Corn, which was first adapted into a film in 1984 and spawned […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 3, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Black Phone Is an Impressive Original Horror Story with Strong Child Actors at its Core

    From the mind of Stephen King’s offspring, son Joe Hill, The Black Phone (based on Hill’s short story) concerns a pair of siblings navigating their difficult lives circa 1978. Thirteen-year-old […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 24, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Lacking Any Spark, a New Adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter Never Really Ignites

    The recent attempt to re-ignite author Stephen King’s work as film adaptations after the first It movie blew up the box office (followed by a solid remake of Pet Sematary) […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 13, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Story Continues As the Scares Fade in It Chapter Two

    It Chapter Two

    In many ways, it’s remarkable that you can make what is effectively a single story, told in two parts, with the same creative team throughout, and still come up with […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 3, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Amy Seimetz on Pet Sematary, Reading Stephen King as a Kid, Learning Not to Apologize

    Pet Sematary

    Amy Seimetz is best known as a high-caliber actor capable of plumbing the depths of just about every character she’s ever played, including as the guilt-ridden wife and mother Rachel […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 8, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary Gets A New, Scary Adaptation

    Pet Sematary

    One of the problems the makers of the latest adaptation of author Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (and it’s not really a problem at all) is that most people going to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 5, 2019
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