If we haven’t OD’d on superhero movies by now, it’s unlikely that we’ll run out of patience for the nostalgia fuel that is the Stephen King adaptation. The latest comes from Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and it’s a tale we’ve seen before: King’s 1983 novel Pet Sematary. Mary Lambert’s 1989 film…
The Pet Sematary teaser trailer is here, giving us a glimpse at Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch‘s (Starry Eyes) take on the Stephen King classic. From this two-minute smattering of clips, it seems the directors have created a unique visual tone, both separating itself from the original 1989 film and remaining true to the source material. Watch…
I never really understood the fear of clowns. Are Stephen King and Tim Curry to blame? Is coulrophobia, the fear of those make-up wearing weirdos, to blame? Is it some deeply-rooted biological thing that won’t be solved in a blog post? I don’t know, man, but maybe if I spent a night in Nevada’s…
When Stephen King sold the film rights to The Shining, he imagined a cheerleader blonde-type playing the role of Wendy Torrance. A woman who couldn’t see evil coming her way because she had never faced hardships before in her life. That didn’t mean that King’s Wendy was some sort of second-rate victim – in the…
Pop culture has an unquenchable thirst for nostalgia. Rebooted films dominate the big screen (It), throwback candy and juice are stocked on every store shelf (or forever sold out, like Ecto Cooler), and 80’s purists still abide by the “Be Kind, Rewind” mantra on Instagram. Nostalgia is not only omnipresent, but it’s dictating the way studios are producing content, which is why…