Posts Tagged ‘Stephen King’

by: Dylan
Posted on 02.21.10 in All Horror Films > Comedy > Monster > Supernatural

The biggest problem with The Mangler, based on the short story by Stephen King about a haunted laundry press, is that it’s based on the short story by Stephen King about a haunted laundry press. Stephen King has written enough books and short stories to fill a small library, many of them arguably the best modern horror-lit has to offer, few as-of-today adapted to film. That the story about an evil laundry …

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by: Shaun Anderson
Posted on 12.08.09 in All Horror Films > Psychological Thriller > Supernatural > Thriller/Suspense

The Shining is proof that on occasion the medium of cinema can eclipse the written word it is based upon. I’ve never been a fan of the novel, despite the general high regard it is held in. It is a typical King novel; bloated, overlong, full of the usual popular culture references and essentially little more than a haunted house narrative. The peg that King chooses to hang his themes of parental …

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Paranormal Activity a HUGE Hit Overseas!

PA made quite an impression on domestic audiences.  The film cost $15,000 to shoot in just two weeks.  How much did the film gross domestically?  A little over 100 million!  Well, it turns out that the film is becoming just as huge of a hit overseas.  Within its opening week in countries such as the U.K and Germany, it raked in just a little over 35 million at box offices.
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