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Review: PENNYWISE: THE STORY OF IT

The character of Pennywise has transcended Stephen King’s novel, It and effectively become its own entity. One of the reasons the monstrous clown achieved this infamy is because of Tim Curry’s gnarly performance in the 1990 TV [...]

October 2, 2022

Review: Horror Film THE LURING Wants To Be Stephen King – But It’s Not Even Dean Koontz

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It might be, but if you’re attempting to imitate something great and you don’t have the chops to match it, then you come across as a very poor imitation indeed. Sadly, that’s the case [...]

June 19, 2020

Doctor Sleep Filmmaker Bringing Stephen King’s REVIVAL To The Screen

Doctor Sleep writer/director Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King novel, Revival for the big screen. The 2014 book is one of King’s finest works over the last decade, and it follows the relationship between a minister and musician as [...]

May 9, 2020

Scaring The IT Out Of You: Trailer For IT CHAPTER 2

The first instalment of Andy Muschietti’s 2017 adaptation of Stephen King‘s IT was surprising on two levels. One: it grossed over $327 million at the US box office and more than $700 million globally. Two: it was actually pretty great. [...]

July 18, 2019

Blu-ray Review: There’s Animal Magic In This 30th Anniversary Edition Of Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY

Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary gives you everything that you could ever want from a Stephen King adaptation. It’s got that small town Maine vibe, good characterisation and a creeping sense of unnatural horror into normality. The ace in the hole [...]

April 13, 2019

Welcome To The Losers’ Club: IT Featurette; Horror Set To Pass $100 million On Opening Weekend

The first installment of the 2-part adaptation of Stephen King‘s IT is out and it’s set to top $100 million at the US box office on its opening weekend. The film is on-track to score $101 million, which would make it the second best [...]

September 9, 2017

Face Your Fears In The New IT Featurette

IT hits screens on 8 September and horror fans and Stephen King aficionados are excited (very excited). It could potentially score $60 million at the US box office over its first weekend – a record-breaker if the estimates hold. Check out this [...]

August 31, 2017

Introducing The First Trailer For The Big Screen Adaptation Of Stephen King’s IT

By the look of this first teaser trailer, it would seem that Andrés Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King‘s It nails the tone of the novel and manages to tap into that post Stranger Things ‘kids against the mysterious [...]

March 29, 2017