Tag: Frank Darabont
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Stephen King’s Favorite Movies: 25 Films the Author Wants You to See
Stephen King is a tastemaker of terror. Ever since breaking out with “Carrie” — the sordid tale of a telekinetic teenager adapted into Brian De Palma’s 1976 classic starring Sissy Spacek — the horror author has had a hand in shaping our nightmares.With dozens of novels, novellas, and short stories to his name, the 75-year-old…
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The Ending of This Stephen King Movie Will Scar You For Life
Horror movies aren’t typically the cheeriest, but believe me when I say that The Mist has the biggest gut-punch of an ending in all of horror history. This 2007 Stephen King adaptation spends most of its runtime as a super solid cosmic horror story. It’s creepy, disgusting, mysterious, and atmospheric — all traits of many…
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This Is What Went Wrong With ‘The Walking Dead’
If there’s one show that everyone knows about, it’s The Walking Dead. The show itself, based on the graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, started in 2010 and ran for over a decade, spanning an impressive eleven seasons as well as bringing in Greg Nicotero’s vast experience in horror special…
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This Is the Most Romantic Stephen King Story
Stephen King is hailed as one of the great horror writers of all time, and he absolutely is. Whether you like him or not, you cannot deny he has led a very successful career scaring us for decades. From Carrie to most recently an adaptation of his short story The Boogeyman, his stories have been…
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George Lucas’ Indiana Jones & Chewbacca Share This Surprising Connection
George Lucas’s first film Thx 1138 was released in 1971 to mixed reviews and commercial disappointment. The film was a reaction to the fear of communist rule at a time that also inspired George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. While Thx 1138 was inspiring to some future filmmakers like Frank Darabont, others…