This Stephen King “novel” is actually a graphic album whose illustrator Berni Wrightson deserves equal credit. CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF was conceived as a calendar for the year 1984, with a story by King and copious illustrations by Wrightson to fill out each month. It initially appeared as a limited edition hardcover in late 1983, followed by a trade paperback incarnation in ‘85.
CUJO carries Stephen King’s well-known penchant for bloat to hellacious extremes. It includes just about every extraneous detail you can think of.
A book that’s so damn good I’m more than willing to excuse the fact that its conclusion is flat-out lousy.
THE ASSOCIATION contains everything a fan of the author might expect: an intriguing premise and an absorbing narrative rendered in easy, conversational prose.
Scary book/story rankings: the web is littered with such lists, and there’s even a whole book of them.
What follows is the second of my Ranking the Rankings pieces.
Below you’ll find the latest addition of my annual “Look Back in Horror” overview. Film, Fiction, Tributes.
Right now we find ourselves in the midst of an important movie related thirty-year anniversary: the summer of 1986. No, that period was not, as some are claiming, “the Best Summer Movie Season Ever,” but it was seminal for popular filmmaking.
One of John Carpenter’s all-around best films, a darkly comedic haunted car chiller that’s dated extremely well.
This 1998 Stephen King adaptation is a highly underrated film that deserves a reconsideration