Stephen King
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I'm not sure exactly when he started to go awry, but he's definitely lost the magic he had in the early days. I love his older novels, and he crafted some truly incredible short stories, but I wouldn't bother picking up any of his newer stuff. Which is a shame, as his vintage stuff isn't just among the best horror/sf writing, it's damn good literature on any level.
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The movie gives me a headache, but Kubrick did do a bang-up job making the viewer feel as insane as Jack. The way he portrayed the sisters as Diane Arbus-inspired twins was an improvement, too
The first time I read the book, my cousin had said "well, don't start reading it now. You won't be able to stop and by 4 AM you'll be right at the part about
and you'll regret it."
I said, (being about 14 at the time) "Bah! There's nothing in a book that can scare me that much!"
Later, at 4AM
me: Aaarrrgh!!!
Cousin: I told you so.
The first time I read the book, my cousin had said "well, don't start reading it now. You won't be able to stop and by 4 AM you'll be right at the part about
the lady in room 217
I said, (being about 14 at the time) "Bah! There's nothing in a book that can scare me that much!"
Later, at 4AM
me: Aaarrrgh!!!
Cousin: I told you so.
Bizarrely, two days after writing my last post, I happened upon Revival in my local charity shop (one for the coincidences thread?) and spent the weekend reading it (between other things). A very pleasant surprise indeed, well-paced and to the point but still proper vintage-style King. Thanks for the heads-up, as I would probably have left it on the shelf otherwise!
Yup, the two main adult characters were rather crap. I thought so at the time, having seen it in the cinema on its first release. It was even back then a bit disappointing to see the lead female do little except look scared and downtrodden from the start and then progress to squealing her head off.
Wendy's jumpiness together with Jack's obvious nuttiness suggested to me that she was afraid of him from the start, which certainly wasn't in the book.
Wendy's jumpiness together with Jack's obvious nuttiness suggested to me that she was afraid of him from the start, which certainly wasn't in the book.
I have a theory about Kubrick's The Shining that he saw in it a twisted sitcom, and played it for extremely dark laughs, hence the way the characters are more like caricatures. The whole thing is a mindfuck designed to either jangle the nerves or outright get on your nerves, as long as he got a reaction out of you he was happy.
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I'm about half way through It at the moment. It (the book itself, not the evil force at work therein) is far from perfect, but holy moly it's an enjoyable read. The last time I was this wrapped up in a novel was probably when I read Salem's Lot last year.
Reading King's novels makes me feel exactly how I used to when I was reading the Goosebumps series as a kid. Love him.
Reading King's novels makes me feel exactly how I used to when I was reading the Goosebumps series as a kid. Love him.
I read It as a teenager one summer, it was a great experience, I was totally engrossed. Nice to hear it stands up as a pageturner. Someone described the book as Stephen King's greatest hits because he packed so many of his obsessions into it, and there's truth in that, but there are generations of fascination with horror contained within its pages.
Viral advertising for IT.
Police "terrified" by red balloons tied to grates
People are tying red balloons to sewer grates and it's getting on the cops' nerves because no-one wants to untie them and they end up having to do it.
Police are asking the “local prankster” not to continue placing the balloons on the grates, similar to the movie “It” which comes out on Friday.
In a post on Facebook, the Lititz Borough Police Department say they know the movie is coming to theaters in a couple days and give the prankster creativity for promoting the movie.
“We want the local prankster to know that we were completely terrified as we removed these balloons and respectfully request they do not do that again,” the post read. ...
https://boingboing.net/2017/09/06/police-terrified-by-red-ba.html
Police "terrified" by red balloons tied to grates
People are tying red balloons to sewer grates and it's getting on the cops' nerves because no-one wants to untie them and they end up having to do it.
Police are asking the “local prankster” not to continue placing the balloons on the grates, similar to the movie “It” which comes out on Friday.
In a post on Facebook, the Lititz Borough Police Department say they know the movie is coming to theaters in a couple days and give the prankster creativity for promoting the movie.
“We want the local prankster to know that we were completely terrified as we removed these balloons and respectfully request they do not do that again,” the post read. ...
https://boingboing.net/2017/09/06/police-terrified-by-red-ba.html
Stephen King saves the box office!
IT is the biggest opening horror movie of all time:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...rd-us-box-office-stephen-king-skarsgard-clown
IT is the biggest opening horror movie of all time:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...rd-us-box-office-stephen-king-skarsgard-clown
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I'm looking forward to watching the IT remake although the cynic inside me can't help feeling that the last couple of decade's socially manufactured (IMO) trending 'clownaphobia' or whatever the medical official term is has played a part in this success .. I haven't watched this film yet so it might just be good anyway on it's own non trending merits .. I enjoyed reading the book and the TV series film release wasn't bad (or great) so I'll wait and see. Everyone pretending they've always been afraid of clowns because everyone else pretends the same because it's become fashionable gets on my nerves in the same way that people like to claim that "I've got OCD!" just because they like to be organised.
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