STEPHEN KING

[REO]

Stephen King will be on TCM at 7 PM (Central)

"The horrors of Stephen King" to talk about horror movies!

WHOOP!!!!!!

I've been waiting a month for this!!!!!

 

[jacks'thunder]

Ohhhh!! I had no idea! I'm setting it tape right ......now!! LOL! Perfect!! I love Stephen King! Did you hear that they want to make a Gun Slinger / Dark Tower movie??? I hope it's good! I can't wait!!

 

[Jill]

Thanks for the heads up!!! I've read every book of his and LOVE his writing!!!

I've been reading about the Gunslinger / Dark Tower movie. It better be a LONG series of movies because it's just way too good to leave anything out

Love Roland!!! And there's some kind of an 8th Gunslinger book coming out... Wind Through The Keyhole (April 3, 2012).

ALSO, if it's of any interest, man oh man, his son writes a good novel!!! Joe Hill is the name he publishes under and he is awesome in his own right. Heart Shaped Box was really good but I thought Horns was amazing. Loved every bit of it. I really like him as well as his dad in that Horns book. His stories are so interesting and he does an amazing job with character depth. I think it must run in the family.

 

[MindyLee]

not sure but didnt he write and made the movie The Thing?

if so, their coming out with a new one. I remember that movie as a child as well as "IT" and they scared the daylights out of me back then!

im not a reader but do watch all of his movies. LOVE steven king!

 

[REO]

I don't think he wrote The Thing. That movie came out very long ago as a black & white. (it wasn't called the thing then) Then it was remade with Kurt Russel in it now they've remade it yet again.

 

[Margo_C-T]

Actually, the original movie WAS titled "The Thing from Another World". The alien creature was played by James Arness of later "Gunsmoke" fame on TV. If you watched "Gunsmoke" regularly as I did throughout its run, you'd recognize Arness' distintive stance and way of moving(not to mention he was something like 6'5" tall!)I stumbled across it being shown on TCM a couple of weeks or so ago; DVR'd it and watched it again for the first time since I saw it at about age 9 or 10! It scared the pants off me, but I always loved it; it was probably my 'introduction' to the world of scary movies!!Pretty hokey 'special effects' now, but very effective back in those 'simpler' days!

I saw the Kurt Russell version(plot much changed from the original). It was also scary...almost TOO much so, because it was IMO awfully gory. I saw a 'trailer'about the latest version recently; it appeared that at least to begin with, it might be sticking closer to how it was originally written. Stephen King could not have written the original; he probably wasn't even born(or was mighty YOUNG) when the original was filmed.

Going to try to DVR the Stephen King discussion, though! Saw the listing while surfing ahead through the program guide today....

Margo

 

[REO]

Yes! That was the name!

I knew it was different. But not much huh?

I'm excited to see SK tomorrow night! I've been a huge fan since 1977!

I LOVE TCM! I've been watching black and white movies all my life! My favorites! I'm enjoying Buster Keaton right now

 

[Jill]

I think that "Thing" movie was one my dad saw as a little kid. He and his friends went to see it and he said they were about sharing one theatre seet before it was over. The friends lived right near each other or on the same house, but Dad had to "walk" aways from there alone before he got home. He said he never made the trip faster because that movie was the scariest thing he ever saw

 

[HGFarm]

Love Stephen King- the first book I read was The Stand and I was hooked- that was back in the late 70's or early 80's. Haven't read much over the last few years so I know I am missing a lot. The movies are ok, but there is nothing like his books- those that have not read them are missing a lot!

 

[splash's mom]

Just wanted to jump on this thread. If you love Stephen King read a little un promoted book of his called "Geralds Game" came out a long time ago and never got much press but it was excellent!