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Sleepwalkers is a 1992 feature film directed by Mick Garris based on an original screenplay by our show's namesake about a mommy cat person and a son cat person who love each other a little too much while on the hunt for a human virgin to sustain their supernatural cat people powers.
Author Mike Noonan loses his wife and his ability to face a blank page in one sad moment. Through his grief, he's able to find himself again by helping a single mother in a difficult custody battle with her very rich, and kinda evil, in-laws. This late '90s King tale has a strong following even if it's not considered one of his classics.
1408 is a Stephen King short story that proves you don't need a whole hotel to be haunted to be scary, just one "evil fucking room." This is a banger of a short story and a really good movie that is often overlooked (ahem) in favor of his other haunted hotel story.
Stephen King's alter ego, Richard Bachman, wrote a bunch of dark, cynical, and strangely prescient short novels before it was revealed that King was behind the pen name. At that point, King released them all in a collection called The Bachman Books, which featured the stories Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, and The Running Man. They're all fascinating looks into the darker corners of King's psyche and one of them was even allowed to fall out of circulation.
Popular podcast Screen Drafts invited the Kingcast boys onto their show to rank the top 13 Stephen King Adaptations, so it only seemed right that they journey over to The Kingcast and bring their ranking expertise for a wild curveball episode.
Dolan's Cadillac is about a man seeking revenge against a mobster after said mobster bumped her off. It's not a straight line to his revenge, though, and the man ultimately concocts an elaborate scheme to bury the mobster in his own Caddy with the help of a deserted stretch of highway and some borrowed construction equipment. This is King tackling Poe and... well, it works on the page. The movie... not so much.
Carrie is Stephen King's debut novel expertly adapted by the great Brian De Palma in an era when studio filmmaking could experiment in ways most modern studios will not allow. Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie turn in Oscar-worthy (and nominated) performances in this film that still has the power to capture the attention of even iPad-addicted Gen Zers.
Cujo has become synonymous with big, scary dog, thanks to King's iconic novel and its popular 1983 film adaptation starring Dee Wallace. A mother and son get stuck in a crappy Ford Pinto and are tormented by a rabid St. Bernard. Will they escape or become a quick meal for the crazed animal?
Misery follows a popular writer who is rescued by a fan after a terrible car accident only to find himself in an even worse position: captured by an unbalanced lady who has a lot of notes about his recent work. Rob Reiner directed his second perfect Stephen King adaptation with 1990's Misery and lead star Kathy Bates to an Oscar win, the first and only Oscar won for any King adaptation.
The Stand, if you don't know, is Stephen King's epic story of the a deadly viral outbreak and the battle for humanity's future that happens after 99.9% of the world's population is wiped out. Good versus evil, light versus dark, this is a top to bottom banger from the master of horror.
The Life of Chuck is a novella that was published in the recent story collection If It Bleeds. It's a story told in reverse that begins with the end of every single life in the universe and only gets sadder from there. More heady drama than supernatural spook-a-blast, this material opens the door for some surprisingly deep responses from those who have read it.
True Detective Season 4 debuts on HBO and Max January 14th and takes place in a small Alaskan town where weird shit has a habit of going down, especially when the month-long night settles in. The chat about this upcoming season is very light on spoilers, so don't worry about diving in before you start watching the new season.
1922 was a novella originally published in Stephen King's story collection Full Dark, No Stars. It's all about a rural farmer who kills his wife for her family's land and talks his teen son into helping. Both men can't grapple with the enormity of what they've done and soon begin to spiral into guilt-driven madness despite getting away with the crime free and clear. It was adapted by Netflix into a feature film released in 2017.
Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Oy find themselves recruited to help a small town fight ferocious bad guys that look like humanoid wolves on horseback. They are after the town's children and our ka-tet must stop them or die trying.
Carla Gugino is a national treasure, having made numerous appearances in stuff like Brian DePalma's Snake Eyes, Sin City, Watchmen, The Haunting of Hill House, and, of course, one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made: Gerald's Game.
It is Stephen King's giant novel about a group of tween kids confronting their fears and persevering through the power of friendship all while facing down an eternal killer clown who calls himself Pennywise. It is one of King's most enduring novels and only seems to be getting more popular as each generation passes.
Ur was controversial upon release. It's King's short story all about a very special Amazon Kindle initially only available to read on Amazon Kindles! There was some outcry at the time of release about the story being nothing more than a thinly veiled commercial for Amazon, but a closer look shows something with a lot more meat on its bones. A Kindle that has access to all stories and authors across all known multiverses? Sign us up!
Rose Red is Stephen King's take on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, made exclusively for a TV mini-series in the early 2000s. Ghosts, psychics, greedy professors desperate to prove the existence of ghosts and the afterlife, Jimmi Simpson being a creepy weirdo, prune-faced entities, Melanie Lynskey being awesome, this series has it all!
In his sequel to The Shining, Stephen King focuses on a grown up Danny Torrance who is tempted to make the same mistakes his father did, but ultimately overcomes the challenges his father could not. Mike Flanagan's adaptation marries the Stanley Kubrick film and the Stephen King text in a way that miraculously honors both.
You may think you know what this episode has to offer, but trust us when we say that you're not prepared for the insanity that is about to be unleashed on your eardrums.
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 ?