Seasons one and three of True Detective are among my favorite television stories of all time. It's rare that I find a show that has just the right blend of horror and mystery for me. But I found another one, and it's The Outsider, the new HBO show based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. I haven't read the novel, so I have no idea whether or not the adaptation is faithful, but I will tell you this--it's expertly crafted as a TV series. Halfway through the ten-episode series, the pacing has been perfect, and the way this mystery is unfolding is so, so good.[...]
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0 Big Stephen King fan here, all us Midnighters are. When Doctor Sleep hit shelves in 2013, I was excited. A sequel to The Shining? One of my very favorite books? The answer to what happened to Danny Torrance? Yes please. I loved the book, but I'm not here to talk about that. Yesterday, I bought a ticket and a lot of popcorn, and took myself to see the movie based on Doctor Sleep. I'm not here to compare the movie to the book, because I read it a long time ago and comparing the two causes frustration. The movie should have its own space, be its own entity. Alt[...]
Welcome to August, and a new month means a new live-tweet with me! Let's watch the 2019 version of Pet Sematary for... Written by Jeff Buhler and directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, Pet Sematary, a second adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel, hit theaters earlier this year. If you read my last post, you know I wasn't going to go. Then I did. And I loved it. A tale of grief, desperation, and family as Louis fights for the life of his daughter. Death, a bit of murder, a little grave robbing, and plenty of creepy have me excited to[...]
Pet Sematary. What a journey this story has been on, an evolution in a sense. Back in 1983 Stephen King's book entered the world. King says it's the scariest book he's written, because 'what if' is the scariest thing, especially when you're a parent and the 'what if' is the death of your child. When a truck strikes down small, baby-faced Gage, Louis can fix it, he can bring back his son because he knows a secret, a terrible secret. A tale of grief, of desperation, of being haunted by the past, of your mistakes, the book gives us a deep look i[...]
Overview An adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary opens in theaters tomorrow and nope. Nope nope nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope. Noooooope. Nope. Cast & Crew Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope nope nope nopity nope nope nope. Nope.Nope nope nope nopity nope nope nope. Nope. Nope nope nope nope...nope. Nope nope nope. Nope. Nope nope nope nope. Nope nope nope. Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope. Nope. Adaptation Nope nope nope nope nope nope. Nope nope? Nope! Nope. Nope-nope.Nope nope nope nope nope nope. Nope.Nope. Nope. Nope nope n[...]
I recently finished reading Stephen King's latest novel The Outsider, which left an interesting thought crammed into the dark places of my mind. About the power of believing. The beginning of the book dwells in proof, in what could be touched and seen, in what must be true. No matter how wrong the reality of the evidence seemed, Detective Ralph Anderson would not let go, would not question reality. By the middle of the story, dear Ralph questions everything, but remains firm in his grip on evidence, on DNA, on fingerprints, on eyewitnesses. Though no[...]
My day was filled with body horror. I was taking an online first aid course. I was expecting a review of CPR and how to use an AED machine. But the first aid section was the stuff of horror movies: shockingly graphic and so, so bloody. The wound care module opened with an arm so lacerated, they could’ve been fighting off Jason Voorhees and a freshly sharpened machete. But the eye module was worse. I now know the proper first aid if you have your eyelid sliced off. Not just cut open, so your eye socket fills with blood and you need stitches. No[...]
Let's Watch a Horror Movie is now the Midnight Society Movie Night! Every month I live-tweet a scary movie to share the fun with anyone who wants to join. This month I'm watching IT. Join us. We all float down here. The evil from the sewers comes for dinner, I mean, IT only eats once every 29 years, so can we blame IT? A super fun movie where we can spend time with Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Who can say no? I'll give you a balloon. Directed by Andy Muschietti and based on 1986 Stephen King book, this movie takes us to meet and battle IT. Ben, Richie, Eddie[...]
If you've been following the blog or our #FrighteningFall hashtag on Twitter, you know the Midnight Society is reading Stephen and Owen King's Sleeping Beauties for our fall book club. Since the book is broken into two main parts, we've decided to have two book chats about it! So, we'll be discussing Part 1 of Sleeping Beauties on October 30th at 9pm EST, using the hashtags #MidnightBookClub and #FrighteningFall. Come discuss the book with us--we want to know what you think! You have over a week left to get halfway through. We'll be coming back in November and[...]
Stephen King was a gateway to horror for me. I grew up loving monster movies and doing school reports on Edgar Allen Poe and the Salem witch trials. Then, at ten years old, my uncle took me to see The Shining. I pestered my mom until she let me read her movie tie-in paperback, and I was captivated. I’d never read anything like Stephen King before. I fell completely into the worlds he built. The scenery surrounded me; his characters felt like people I knew. In the whirl of supernatural beings and evil forces, Stephen King’s stories felt more rea[...]