Tag: Stephen King
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ANALYSIS: Dysfunctional communities in the work of Stephen King
Melissa Cox unpacks the dark heart of many of King’s communities… One of the most notable aspects of Stephen King’s writing is his impressively detailed world-building. The towns of Derry and Castle Rock are horror icons in themselves, providing the settings for interweaving stories spanning decades. As well as helping to convince generations of readers…
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ANALYSIS: Keeping Secrets in King’s STORM OF THE CENTURY (1999)
Kim Morrison celebrates of one of King’s most under-seen 90s miniseries… Due to the sheer number of pages in a lot of his books, many of Stephen King’s works have been given the mini-series treatment rather than risk losing important details just to conform to a standard film’s runtime. However, in 1999, King decided to…
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ANALYSIS: ROSE RED, 20 Years On
Ariel Powers-Schaub turns back the clock to examine a Stephen King mini-series that remixed Hill House with varying results… “A good house cuddles and comforts. A bad one fills us with instinctive unease. Bad houses hate our warmth, our humanness. That blind hate is what we mean when we use the word haunted.” Sound familiar?…
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TOP 10: Most Traumatic Stephen King Moments
The killer clown that feeds on fear. Cursed ancient Indian burial grounds. A vengeful telekinetic teen. The ’58 Plymouth Fury that thirsts for blood. Just a few examples of the demons that gleefully traverse our nightmares, etched into our shared cultural fabric. So join Moving Pictures Film Club as we count down the top ten most…
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ANALYSIS: The Power of the Losers in IT (1990)
Spoilers Much like Pennywise’s cyclical slumber, there was a 27 year gap between the original TV adaptation of IT in 1990 and Andy Muschietti’s big screen iteration. But what did the mini-series have to say about its central septych of characters, the Losers Club? Kim Morrison heads back to Derry to find out… The mini-series…
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