Stephen King Cast

Welcome back, everyone!  I hope you enjoy this special bonus episode in which I analyze the relationship between the events of It with The Dark Tower!

Welcome back, everyone!  This week I give my final thoughts on 1986's masterpiece, Stephen King's It! I analyze the characters, themes and trace the patterns of King's tropes through the years as they evolved into the novel I spent the last three weeks discussing. If you're a fan of The Dark Tower, make sure you also listen to the special bonus episode in which I explore the relationship between this novel and the events of The Dark Tower series.  

Welcome back, everyone! This week, I will continue my analysis of Stephen King's masterpiece: It!  

In 1986, the master of horror released the novel worthy of his title.  This novel reflected many of the themes, characters, and story beats that he had introduced in his earlier novels and stands as his ultimate thesis of the horror genre.  More importantly, it is the pinnacle of coming of age stories, a tale that places childhood friends at the center of a cosmic conflict, and only through the power of friendship can we overcome our fears.  If that doesn't speak to Mr. King's sensibilities, I don't know what does.  Oh, and it has a scary clown!  Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that you packed your bags, because we will be spending the next month in Derry, Maine, home of Pennywise The Dancing Clown.  Enjoy your stay, and keep away from the drains, the canal and the Barrens.  You'll never know what you might find there.  Or what might find you. . .

Would you rather be cursed by a gypsy to grow magically thin or be forced to watch this movie?  

Take a trip down Bachman lane with the last "true" Bachman book before King was outed as the real author.  How does this compare to the other Bachman novels?  Does it feel more like a Bachman book or a King book?  Is it any good? Find out in this week's episode of the Stephen Kingcast!

In this week's episode, I examine the 80's classic starring the Terminator himself: The Running Man!  Is it better or worse than Bachman's novella? Find out here in the Stephen Kingcast!

In this week's episode, the Stephen Kingcast makes room for the Richard Bachmancast as I examine the 1985 collection of Richard Bachman's previously published works.  As I've done with reviews of other collected works such as Night Shift, Skeleton Crew and Different Seasons, I won't review all of the stories included, and will focus on what I consider the Big Two: The Long Walk and The Running Man. How do the Richard Bachman entries differ from Stephen King's works?  Find out this week in the Richard Bachmancast!

Corl from The Walking Dead stars in the adaptation of Stephen King's short story, Gramma.  Is Corl's zombie killing skills enough to face off against family witches?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast's review of Mercy!

Sorry I was late this week, guys!  I was suffering from a pretty awful case of Captain Trips this weekend.  In this week's review, I review Frank Darabont's adaptation of King's classic story of survival horror, The Mist.  In a post-The Walking Dead landscape, is this movie innovate, fresh or does it feel like a retread?  Find out this week at The Stephen Kingcast!

In this week's review of the Stephen Kingcast, I take a look at King's second collection of short stories, Skeleton Crew.  Specifically, I review the following entries:The MistMrs. Todd's ShortcutThe JauntThe RaftGrammaThe ReachStay tuned next week as I review Frank Darabont's The Mist! 

In this bonus episode, I examine the connections between The Dark Tower series and The Talisman.  Is The Talisman the Tower itself?  Do we see twinners in other King works?  Find out in this special episode!  

In this week's review of the Stephen Kingcast, I examine the collaboration with Peter Straub which resulted with the world hopping adventure, The Talisman.  Does the collaboration with fellow writer make for a better or worse King entry?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

Because Cycle of the Werewolf was such a short episode, I decided to release my review of Stephen King's Silver Bullet a week early!  So there you go, constant listeners!  You get two reviews in the span of one week!  In this week's episode of the Stephen Kingcast, tune in for my review of Silver Bullet, King's film adaptation of Cycle of the Werewolf.  With Cory Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Terry O'Quinn, Bill Smitrovich, and a killer soundtrack, does this movie top King's novella?  Take a joyride this week on the Stephen Kingcast to find out!

In this episode, I review Stephen King's quasi-calendar collaboration with artist extraordinaire, Bernie Wrightson: Cycle of the Werewolf!  It's a fun experiment for sure, but does it hold up against King's other works?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!