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A Stephen King Podcast For Stephen King Obsessives
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The Kingcast returns from hiatus next Wednesday, January 29th, with a brand new permanent co-host. Anthony Breznican has signed up for this new tour of duty for the show and before we hit the ground running next week I figured I would post this episode where you can get to know Brez a little bit.
This episode was previously only available on The Kingcast Patreon (www.patreon.com/thekingcast, sign up now!).
Chaos reigns as Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe talk with Vespe about their current flick Nosferatu as well as all their favorite Stephen King things. Both actors have King connections. Bill's is obvious, Willem will be a deep cut for King nerds.
Stephen King's The Mist is a novella about the residents of a small Maine town stuck in a grocery store as an unnatural mist rolls into town concealing all sorts of Lovecraftian horrors. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) made a very divisive, but hugely effective, adaptation in 2007.
Originally published by Cavalier in 1972 and re-published in King's 1993 short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Suffer the Little Children is one of his nastier tales about an old schoolmarm who is becoming convinced her 3rd grade class is slowly being taken over by mischievous dopplegangers.
Silver Bullet focuses on young Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim), a boy in a wheelchair who is the first to figure out that the mysterious deaths in his small town are the work of a rogue werewolf. Based on a novella by King, illustrated by the late, great Bernie Wrightson, this '80s movie is one that holds up more than a lot of its contemporaries.
This one is a little more of a nerdy deep dive into King's overall body of work, but we do talk a bit about Different Seasons, Cycle of the Werewolf, One for the Road, Dreamcatcher, Storm of the Century, If It Bleeds, The Stand, Dark Tower, and The Shining, all of which give some kind of passing nod to widely celebrated holidays or at least the bone-chilling horror of New England winters.
1Young George is left alone with his ailing Gramma and starts to piece together that she's may be a legit danger to him. What's up with all those occult books, Gramma? This creepy King short story was published in Skeleton Crew and has been on the minds of King readers ever since.
Based on King's novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont's adaptation is commonly thought of as one of the all-time great movies. It focuses on a wrongfully imprisoned man and his decades long bid for freedom and all the folks he impacts along the way.
This live recording of The Kingcast was done last week in Las Vegas at KingCon in a room full of Stephen King super fans. Thankfully, Tom Jane proves his King credentials as this deep dive chat covers King's books, short stories, and the adaptations that Jane has had a chance to partake in. Yes, including Dreamcatcher. Maybe especially Dreamcatcher.
Revival is King's underappreciated masterpiece about seeking for the truth behind the afterlife. The story follows a young man from childhood into adulthood as a he keeps encountering his small town preacher who is becoming more and more obsessed with piercing the veil through his experiments with secret electricity.
The Mist is Stephen King's stab at Lord of the Flies as he explores the microcosms that form when a group of small town strangers are trapped in a small grocery store while a supernatural mist hides deadly creatures just outside the doors.
What if the distance between two points could be manipulated? How aggressive can a single person be about shaving a little driving time off her commute? Turns out anything is possible in Stephen King's brain as this small town, deeply Maine, story unfolds and includes possible folding of time and space.
Whelan is the recipient of 15 Hugo awards for his work illustrating for the most popular names in genre storytelling, including Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert A. Heinlein, Brandon Sanderson, and, of course, Stephen King.
What began as a weird short story with mythological overtones about an absurdly large man who eats a ton of lawn clippings ended up as a movie about a mentally challenged lawnmower who becomes VR Hitler thanks to Pierce Brosnan with an earring. This is the movie so radically different from the source material that it inspired not just one, but two different lawsuits from Stephen King.
Romance writer Paul Sheldon is in a catastrophic car accident and that's only the beginning of his troubles as his rescuer turns out to be a psychotic fan who has some very strong opinions on the direction of his recent work.
You can always count on Kate Siegel to keep things chaotic and Emily V. Gordon to bring her psychology degree to the table when analyzing King's work. Be prepared for lots of talk about "that scene" from IT and to desperately want a tee-shirt with the slogan "Stank Some Os" by the time this chat wraps up.
The Life of Chuck is a recent King novella published in If It Bleeds, a standout story about finding joy in life, even if that means dancing your ass off in front of complete strangers. The odd feel good story about a world falling apart that has been adapted into a wonderful new film from Mike Flanagan.
Revival is the story of a nice guy preacher who suffers great personal tragedy, loses his faith, and seeks for answers about the afterlife that he, and us, the constant readers, aren't ready to face. Released in 2014, this book still has yet to be adapted, even though folks like Mike Flanagan have tried.
1408 is about a skeptical writer who is in search of ghosts. He stays at all the most famous haunted places without ever stumbling across anything supernatural... until, that is, he stays in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York City.
Edgar Freemantle travels to Duma Key, Florida for a little R&R after a horrible accident took his right arm and permanently damaged his marriage. He picks up a paintbrush and starts churning out amazing paintings that might have a sinister supernatural side to them.
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Wah... :( Why must Castbox always delay The Kingcast and The Spiel for an extra day?
Rest in Paradise, Scott. This is heartbreaking.
Rest well, Mr. Wampler. I know I will miss you terribly. I'm so happy that my life was touched by your wit and your work.
I stumbled over dour podcast..now iam hooked. love the way you approach the books, movies but also other random stuff. keep going! greetings from austria!
I humbly submit 3 names for Billy Summers. Boyd Holbrook, Luke Grimes or Jack Surgenor. and omigod YES to Amber Midthunder.
okay I get it 2 years old but just on the off chance that you ever talk to Kate again and you actually see this comment the books she's looking for are by Clive Barker The Books of Blood there's 3 possible short stories that she may be referencing but I'm pretty sure almost 100% sure the actual story she's looking for is called Pigs Blood Blues it's in the first volume of the Books of Blood there's six volumes and like I said there's a couple other stories she could be referencing anyway 2 years late with the answer but just in case I couldn't resist Clive Barker and Stephen King are literary doppelgangers in my opinion not the same style whatsoever but the same genius.
Hello I get this is an older podcast but I just found it love it by the way! I just wanted to tell you and maybe somebody's mentioned this by now but you seemed not to be confused about why your Catholic school had all the werewolf books. The Benandanti -Google it of course you're going to find out that they were "fictional beings" but you come to your own conclusions. Like you said kind of strange that you're Catholic school was so full of that literature right? Just remember not all monsters are monsters, in fact as I'm sure you already know most of the really bad monsters are the humans.
I fucking love this guy. I could listen to #BryanFuller talk about stuff all day. Any topic.
I don't understand they cover the same movies over and over just with a different guest. what's the point of that?!
A fuck the cops show? Guess I'm out. I liked this show but I can't ignore that statement.
the baseball kid in Doctor Sleep was picked up at a corn field...
Leftists are the dumbest fucking people. Still whining about Trump. You should consider suicide wompler, you miserable worthless piece of human garbage.
I bet your a cop guy when someone breaks into your house.
More useless liberal white leftists, The scum of the earth. I look forward to your eternal destruction.
Super interesting episode! I've listened to almost all the episodes and am loving it. Keep it up guys!
It was very disappointing to hear otherwise intelligent individuals discussing the narrative of Leaving Neverland as factual when in reality it is a largely debunked one-sided hit piece. I was enjoying this podcast until that moment.
what a great podcast. just finished episode 3 and I sure wish the dark tower tv series had been made
oh, goodie!!! A Stephen King Podcast! I listen from Switzerland and am very excited. I have been reading the King since age 13 or 14. First in German but his books were one good reason for me to get really good at reading, understanding and speaking English so I could read him in the original version. That's what I've been doing for the last 25 years. And now I"m gonna enjoy listening to you guys. Thank you for this!
Love the podcast. After watching the film (which i hated) I didnt want to read the book. When i did, it was way better than the film
Hi guys really looking forward to listening to views on films. I was just wondering if you will be covering King tv series Under The Dome, Mr Mercedes, Castle Rock and 11/22/63 etc ?